Open access in a spatially delineated artisanal fishery: The case of Minahasa, Indonesia
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The effects of economic development on the exploitation of renewable resources are
investigated in settings where property rights are ill defined or not enforced. This
paper explores potential conservation implications from labor and product market developments,
such as enhanced transportation infrastructure. A model is developed that predicts
individual fish catch per unit effort based on characteristics of individual fishermen
and the development status of their villages. The econometric model is estimated using
data from a cross-sectional household survey of artisanal coral reef fishermen in
Minahasa, Indonesia, taking account of fishermen heterogeneity. Variation across different
villages and across fishermen within the villages is used to explore the effects of
development. Strong evidence is found for the countervailing forces of product and
labor market effects on the exploitation of a coral reef fishery. © 2007 Cambridge
University Press.
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10.1017/S1355770X06003421Publication Info
Liese, C; Smith, MD; & Kramer, RA (2007). Open access in a spatially delineated artisanal fishery: The case of Minahasa, Indonesia.
Environment and Development Economics, 12(1). pp. 123-143. 10.1017/S1355770X06003421. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/6744.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Randall Kramer
Juli Plant Grainger Professor Emeritus of Global Environmental Health
Before coming to Duke in 1988, he was on the faculty at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University. He has held visiting positions at IUCN--The World Conservation
Union, the Economic Growth Center at Yale University, and the Indonesian Ministry
of Forestry. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank, World Health Organization
and other international organizations. He was named Duke University's Scholar Teacher
of the Year in 2004.
Kramer's research is focused on the econ
Martin D. Smith
George M. Woodwell Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics
Smith studies the economics of the oceans, including fisheries, marine ecosystems,
seafood markets, and coastal climate adaptation. He has written on a range of policy-relevant
topics, including economics of marine reserves, seasonal closures in fisheries, ecosystem-based
management, catch shares, nutrient pollution, aquaculture, genetically modified foods,
the global seafood trade, organic agriculture, coastal property markets, and coastal
responses to climate change. He is best known for id
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