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Atlantic Salmon Fishery in the Baltic Sea - A Case of Trivial Cooperation
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Atlantic Salmon Fishery in the Baltic Sea - A Case of Trivial Cooperation |
| Names |
Kulmala, Soile
(creator) Levontin, Polina (creator) Lindroos, Marko (creator) Pintassilgo, Pedro (creator) |
| Date Issued | 2008 (iso8601) |
| Abstract | This paper analyses the management of the Atlantic salmon stocks in the Baltic Sea through a coalition game in partition function form. The signs of economic and biological overexploitation of these salmon stocks over the last two decades indicate that cooperation among the harvesting countries, under the European Union's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), has been ostensible. Combining a twostage game of four asymmetric players with a disaggregated bioeconomic model, we conclude that cooperation under the present Relative Stability Principle (RSP) is not a stable outcome. In contrast, the equilibrium of the game is full noncooperation. The paper also addresses the possibility of enhancing cooperation through more flexible fishing strategies. The results indicate that partial cooperation is stable under specific sharing schemes. It is also shown that substantial economic benefits could have been realised by reallocating the fishing effort, without compromising stock sustainability. |
| Genre | Article |
| Topic | Fisheries Economics |
| Identifier | Kulmala, Soile, Polina Levontin, Marko Lindroos and Pedro Pintassilgo. 2008. Atlantic Salmon Fishery in the Baltic Sea - A Case of Trivial Cooperation. 12 pages. In: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade, July 22-25, 2008, Nha Trang, Vietnam: Achieving a Sustainable Future: Managing Aquaculture, Fishing, Trade and Development. Compiled by Ann L. Shriver. International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, 2008. |
