Marine Resources: Property Rights, Economics and Environment
Published on 9. August 2002
Book
Hardback
414 pages
978-0-7623-0896-5 (ISBN)
Description
More than 70 per cent of the planet Earth is covered by oceans where property rights are poorly defined and enforced. Since ocean resources are fully exploited (because of new technologies and population growth), conventional regulatory methods (command and control) have failed to prevent pervasive overexploitation and conflicts. Some places are more or less considered as dumping sites and/or overexploited. The ancient and numerous regulations have generally failed to address growing pressures on fish and other ecological resources. Of course the idea of "fencing the oceans" may appear improbable but for ages private, often common property, institutions have succeeded in regulating fishing activities. Today "Individual Transferable Quotas" may pave the way for rationalizing uses, conserving natural resources and reducing conflicts, or maybe not.
As for the two previous International Conferences (1996, 1998) dealing with "Property Rights, Economics and Environment" the 3rd Conference (2000) has set up a lively and fruitful debate and discussion among academics and managers in order to imagine and design a new setting for property rights, market instruments and regulation in the seas.
More than 70 per cent of the planet Earth is covered by oceans where property rights are poorly defined and enforced. Since ocean resources are fully exploited (because of new technologies and population growth), conventional regulatory methods (command and control) have failed to prevent pervasive overexploitation and conflicts. Some places are more or less considered as dumping sites and/or overexploited. The ancient and numerous regulations have generally failed to address growing pressures on fish and other ecological resources. Of course the idea of "fencing the oceans" may appear improbable but for ages private, often common property, institutions have succeeded in regulating fishing activities. Today "Individual Transferable Quotas" may pave the way for rationalizing uses, conserving natural resources and reducing conflicts, or maybe not.
As for the two previous International Conferences (1996, 1998) dealing with "Property Rights, Economics and Environment" the 3rd Conference (2000) has set up a lively and fruitful debate and discussion among academics and managers in order to imagine and design a new setting for property rights, market instruments and regulation in the seas.
As for the two previous International Conferences (1996, 1998) dealing with "Property Rights, Economics and Environment" the 3rd Conference (2000) has set up a lively and fruitful debate and discussion among academics and managers in order to imagine and design a new setting for property rights, market instruments and regulation in the seas.
More than 70 per cent of the planet Earth is covered by oceans where property rights are poorly defined and enforced. Since ocean resources are fully exploited (because of new technologies and population growth), conventional regulatory methods (command and control) have failed to prevent pervasive overexploitation and conflicts. Some places are more or less considered as dumping sites and/or overexploited. The ancient and numerous regulations have generally failed to address growing pressures on fish and other ecological resources. Of course the idea of "fencing the oceans" may appear improbable but for ages private, often common property, institutions have succeeded in regulating fishing activities. Today "Individual Transferable Quotas" may pave the way for rationalizing uses, conserving natural resources and reducing conflicts, or maybe not.
As for the two previous International Conferences (1996, 1998) dealing with "Property Rights, Economics and Environment" the 3rd Conference (2000) has set up a lively and fruitful debate and discussion among academics and managers in order to imagine and design a new setting for property rights, market instruments and regulation in the seas.
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English
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Oxford
United Kingdom
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Elsevier Science & Technology
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College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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978-0-7623-0896-5 (9780762308965)
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Part 1 Legal and Regulatory Issues: Introduction, M. Falque; Property rights and seabirds, A. Charlez; Fertilization of the open ocean - effects of private property rights, economics and the environment, M. Markels, Jr.; Fisheries, property rights and regulation of fisheries in Ancient Rome - Nihil Noui Sub Mari, Y. Peuriee; Existing law - a help or a hindrance? A case study of marine ranching, H. Pickering; European and French sea fisheries legislation in search of individual transferable quotas, J.-L. Prat; Property rights and fisheries in OECD countries, C.-C. Schmidt; Property rights and marine pollution, P. Simon; The evolution of the UK Fisheries management - an overview, G. Valatin. Part 2 Economics: Introduction, H. Lamotte; Property rights and marine resources - theoretical foundations and applications, J.-P. Centi; Equity and management instruments in fisheries, J. Catanzano, S. Cunningham; Overcoming the "new tragedy of the commons" - a commercial framework is inevitable, R. Edwards, M. Smallridge; Modeling individual transferable quotas for renewable resources, L.-P. Mahe, C. Ropars; Managing renewable resources - theoretical and empirical issues for the case of fishing resources, S. Mairesse, V. David; Economic, institutional and social conditions for efficient property rights, H. Rey-Valette; Beyond regulatory solutions - controlling overfishing with access controls, J.-P. Troadec; Do private property rights lead to the sustainable development and management of marine resource? An analysis, C. Vanderstricht. Part 3 Institutions: Introduction, M. Falque; Implementation and future of marine property rights, R. Beattie; Saving Canada's fisheries - why we should move from government regulation to systems of self-managed ownership, E. Brubaker; Fisheries policy of Russia in 1998-1999, V.V. Chevtchenko; Remapping the waters - the significance of sea tenure-based protected areas, J. Cordell; Private property rights, markets and regulation in the 21st Century, M. De Alessi; When ideas conspire with circumstances - introducing individual transferable quotas in Iceland's fisheries, H.H. Gissurarson; Co-management and crisis in fisheries science and management, B.J. McCay; Privatization of marine resources in European Union countries - an overview of national situations, C. Nordmann; Artificial reef immersions in the Languedoc-Roussillon coastal zone, B. Pary; General report and final remarks, H. Lamotte.