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How did a network of marine protected areas impact adjacent fisheries? Evidence from Australia
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Nichols, R and Yamazaki, S and Jennings, S, How did a network of marine protected areas impact adjacent fisheries? Evidence from Australia, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 59 pp. 1-24. ISSN 1364-985X (2020) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2020 Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc.
DOI: doi:10.1111/1467-8489.12410
Abstract
Marine-protected areas (MPAs) are an effective means of improving habitat quality
and biodiversity in the world’s oceans. While the advantages of MPAs as a mechanism
for conservation and biodiversity are well established, the potential improvements to
fishery performance resulting from a network of MPAs are still being established.
Countries around the world have committed to establishing networks of MPAs within
their waters by 2020, in response to the United Nations Convention on Biological
Diversity. This, coupled with the increasing global demand for seafood and heavy
reliance on fishery resources as a source of economic development for many coastal
communities, means that an understanding of how these networks can be expected to
impact fishery performance is extremely important. We use a difference-in-difference
modelling approach to isolate the change in the fishery performance associated with
the south-east marine reserve network in Australia. We find no evidence that the
economic performance of adjacent fisheries was negatively impacted by the network.
This lack of impact is likely due to a network design explicitly intended to avoid effort
displacement in key fisheries, along with fishery management changes intended to
remove excess fishing capacity.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | difference-in-differences modelling, fisheries management, marineprotected area network, south-east marine reserve network, Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery |
| Research Division: | Economics |
| Research Group: | Applied economics |
| Research Field: | Environment and resource economics |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
| Objective Group: | Coastal and estuarine systems and management |
| Objective Field: | Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems |
| UTAS Author: | Nichols, R (Ms Rachel Nichols) |
| UTAS Author: | Yamazaki, S (Associate Professor Satoshi Yamazaki) |
| UTAS Author: | Jennings, S (Dr Sarah Jennings) |
| ID Code: | 142140 |
| Year Published: | 2020 |
| Deposited By: | Economics and Finance |
| Deposited On: | 2020-12-15 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-08-23 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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