Fisheries buybacks : presented at international workshop on fishing vessel and license buyback programs, university of California, La Jolla, Californian march 22-24, 2004

Fisheries buybacks are an important strategy being implemented globally in the efforts to produce a more sustainable and profitable fisheries industry. Fisheries Buybacks provides the reader with an overview of buybacks and the issues surrounding them as well as a synthesis of the literature on this subject of growing importance. Alongside this material are eleven case studies from around the world that look at real life applications of buybacks and its successes and failures. Edited by two leading fisheries economists with chapters contributed by international experts in the field, Fisheries Buybacks will be a valuable resource for fisheries managers, economists, researchers, and policy makers for years to come.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 3–14): Rita Curtis and Dale Squires Chapter 2 Lessons from Fisheries Buybacks (pages 15–54): Theodore Groves and Dale Squires Chapter 3 Do Buyback Programs Make Sense? (pages 55–66): Rognvaldur Hannesson Chapter 4 Capacity Reduction and Productivity: A Profit Decomposition for the Australian South East Trawl Fishery (pages 67–74): Kevin J. Fox, R. Quentin Grafton, Tom Kompas and Tuong Nhu Che Chapter 5 A Case Study of Fishing Vessel Capacity Management Public Buyout Schemes: Community Experience Through the Multi?Annual Guidance Programmes and Ways Forward (pages 75–80): Jean?Claude Cueff Chapter 6 Vessel Decommissioning in Danish Fisheries (pages 81–104): Erik Lindebo and Niels Vestergaard Chapter 7 Decommissioning Schemes and Capacity Adjustment: A Preliminary Analysis of the French Experience (pages 105–132): Olivier Guyader, Patrick Berthou and Fabienne Daures Chapter 8 The Decommissioning Scheme for the Italian Clam Fishery: A Case of Success (pages 133–144): Massimo Spagnolo Chapter 9 Drifnets Buyback Program: A Case of Institutional Failure (pages 145–156): Massimo Spagnolo and Rosaria Sabatella Chapter 10 The Impact of the European Union Buyback Scheme on the Italian Fleet: the Northern and Central Adriatic Sea Bottom Trawlers Case (pages 157–176): Massimo Spagnolo and Evelina Sabatella Chapter 11 Buyback Programs for Fishing Vessels in Norway (pages 177–190): Rognvaldur Hannesson Chapter 12 The Effects of Buyback Programs in the British Columbia Salmon Fishery (pages 191–202): R. Quentin Grafton and Harry W. Nelson Chapter 13 Effectiveness of Vessel Buyback Programs on the Offshore Fishery in Taiwan (pages 203–214): Jenny Chin?Hwa Sun Chapter 14 The Texas Inshore Bay and Bait License Buyback Program (pages 215–226): Robin Riechers, Wade Griffin and Richard Woodward Chapter 15 Buyback Programs and Industry Restructuring in Fisheries (pages 227–238): James E. Kirkley, John B. Walden and James Waters Chapter 16 A Case Study of New England Groundfish Fishing Capacity Reduction (pages 239–248): Eric Thunberg, Andrew Kitts and John Walden Fisheries buybacks are an important strategy being implemented globally in the efforts to produce a more sustainable and profitable fisheries industry. __Fisheries Buybacks__ provides the reader with an overview of buybacks and the issues surrounding them as well as a synthesis of the literature on this subject of growing importance. Alongside this material are eleven case studies from around the world that look at real life applications of buybacks and its successes and failures. Edited by two leading fisheries economists with chapters contributed by international experts in the field, __Fisheries Buybacks__ will be a valuable resource for fisheries managers, economists, researchers, and policy makers for years to come.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 3–14): Rita Curtis and Dale SquiresChapter 2 Lessons from Fisheries Buybacks (pages 15–54): Theodore Groves and Dale SquiresChapter 3 Do Buyback Programs Make Sense? (pages 55–66): Rognvaldur HannessonChapter 4 Capacity Reduction and Productivity: A Profit Decomposition for the Australian South East Trawl Fishery (pages 67–74): Kevin J. Fox, R. Quentin Grafton, Tom Kompas and Tuong Nhu CheChapter 5 A Case Study of Fishing Vessel Capacity Management Public Buyout Schemes: Community Experience Through the Multi?Annual Guidance Programmes and Ways Forward (pages 75–80): Jean?Claude CueffChapter 6 Vessel Decommissioning in Danish Fisheries (pages 81–104): Erik Lindebo and Niels VestergaardChapter 7 Decommissioning Schemes and Capacity Adjustment: A Preliminary Analysis of the French Experience (pages 105–132): Olivier Guyader, Patrick Berthou and Fabienne DauresChapter 8 The Decommissioning Scheme for the Italian Clam Fishery: A Case of Success (pages 133–144): Massimo SpagnoloChapter 9 Drifnets Buyback Program: A Case of Institutional Failure (pages 145–156): Massimo Spagnolo and Rosaria SabatellaChapter 10 The Impact of the European Union Buyback Scheme on the Italian Fleet: the Northern and Central Adriatic Sea Bottom Trawlers Case (pages 157–176): Massimo Spagnolo and Evelina SabatellaChapter 11 Buyback Programs for Fishing Vessels in Norway (pages 177–190): Rognvaldur HannessonChapter 12 The Effects of Buyback Programs in the British Columbia Salmon Fishery (pages 191–202): R. Quentin Grafton and Harry W. NelsonChapter 13 Effectiveness of Vessel Buyback Programs on the Offshore Fishery in Taiwan (pages 203–214): Jenny Chin?Hwa SunChapter 14 The Texas Inshore Bay and Bait License Buyback Program (pages 215–226): Robin Riechers, Wade Griffin and Richard WoodwardChapter 15 Buyback Programs and Industry Restructuring in Fisheries (pages 227–238): James E. Kirkley, John B. Walden and James WatersChapter 16 A Case Study of New England Groundfish Fishing Capacity Reduction (pages 239–248): Eric Thunberg, Andrew Kitts and John Walden Introduction / Rita Curtis and Dale Squires Lessons from fisheries buybacks / Theodore Groves and Dale Squires Do buyback programs make sense? / Rögnvaldur Hannesson Capacity reduction and productivity : a profit decomposition for the Australian south east trawl fishery / Kevin J. Fox ... [et al.] A case study of fishing vessel capacity management public buyout schemes : community experience through the multi-annual guidance programmes and ways forward / Jean-Claude Cueff Vessel decommissioning in Danish fisheries / Eric Lindebo and Niels Vestergaard Decommissioning schemes and capacity adjustment : a preliminary analysis of the French experience / Olivier Guyader, Patrick Berthou, and Fabienne Daurès The decommissioning scheme for the Italian clam fishery : a case of success / Massimo Spagnolo Driftnets buyback program : a case of institutional failure / Massimo Spagnolo and Rosaria Sabatella The impact of the European Union buyback scheme on the Italian fleet : the northern and central Adriatic Sea bottom trawlers case / Massimo Spagnolo and Rosaria Sabatella Buyback programs for fishing vessels in Norway / Rögnvaldur Hannesson The effects of buyback programs in the British Columbia Salmon Fishery / R. Quentin Grafton and Harry W. Nelson Effectiveness of vessel buyback programs on the offshore fishery in Taiwan / Jenny Chin-Hwa Sun The Texas inshore bay and bait license buyback program / Robin Riechers, Wade Griffin, and Richard Woodward Buyback programs and industry restructuring in fisheries / James E. Kirkley, John B. Walden, and James Waters A case study of New England groundfish fishing capacity reduction / Eric Thunberg, Andrew Kitts, and John Walden.

Fisheries buybacks are an important strategy being implemented globally in the efforts to produce a more sustainable and profitable fisheries industry. Fisheries Buybacks provides the reader with an overview of buybacks and the issues surrounding them as well as a synthesis of the literature on this subject of growing importance. Alongside this material are eleven case studies from around the world that look at real life applications of buybacks and its successes and failures. Edited by two leading fisheries economists with chapters contributed by international experts in the field, Fisheries Buybacks will be a valuable resource for fisheries managers, economists, researchers, and policy makers for years to come.

This text provides the reader with an overview of fisheries buybacks and the issues surrounding them as well as a synthesis of the literature on this subject of growing importance