Rights Based Fishing

I. Foundations of Right s Based Fishing.- Conceptual Origins of Rights Based Fishing.- Comments — Gary D. Libecap.- Is Fishery Management at a Turning Point? Reflections on the Evolution of Rights Based Fishing.- Comments — Daniel D. Huppert.- II. Traditional and Territorial Use Rights.- The Organization of Traditional Inshore Fishery Management Systems in the Pacific.- Comments — Theodore Panayotou.- III. Exclusive Economic Zones.- Coastal State “Rights” Within the 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone.- IV. Individual Transferable Quotas: Part One.- The Development and Implementation of New Zealand’s ITQ Management System.- Comments — Daniel D. Huppert.- Comments — James E. Wilen.- Applied Fisheries Management Plans: Individual Transferable Quotas and Input Controls.- Comments — Peder Andersen.- V. Individual Transferable Quotas: Part Two.- Conceptual Constructs for Practical ITQ Management Policies.- Comments — Gary B. Libecap.- Minimum Information Management with the Help of Catch Quotas.- Comments — Parzival Copes.- VI. License Limitation.- Rent Generation in Limited Entry Fisheries.- Comments — Rögnvaldur Hannesson.- VII. Enterprise Quotas.- Enterprise Allocations: The Atlantic Canadian Experience.- Comments — Michael Gardner.- The Enterprise Allocation System in the Offshore Groundfish Sector in Atlantic Canada.- VIII. Fee Fishing.- Development, Economics and Fishing Rights in the South Pacific Tuna Fishery.- Comments — Kenneth Ruddle.- IX. Empirical Modelling.- Individual Transferable Quotas in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery: An Economic Appraisal.- Comments — Parzival Copes.- Price Response and Optimal Vessel Size in a Multi-Output Fishery.- Comments —John M. Gates.- An Econometric Study of Regulatory Enforcement and Compliance in the Commercial Inshore Lobster Fishery of Massachusetts.- Comments —Daniel V. Gordon.- X. Theoretical Modelling.- Should Quotas be Based on Shadow Value Rather than Weight? A Numerical Study on the Icelandic Cod Fisheries.- Comments — Trond Bjørndal.- Catch Quotas and the Variability of Allowable Catch.- Fixed or Variable Catch Quotas? The Importance of Population Dynamics and Stock Dependent Costs.- Comments — PederAndersen.- The Economics of Predator-Prey Harvesting.- Fishing Quota Management with Multiple Stock Objectives.- Comments —James E. Wilen.- Author Index.