Sustainable resource use, economic development, and public regulation

Mohammad Alam, Ishak Omar and Dale Squires

Environmental & Resource Economics, 1996, vol. 7, issue 2, 117-132

Abstract: The role of production technology for sustainable economic growth and resource management in the multispecies renewable resources industries is a neglected issue, particularly in complex tropical ecosystems. Given the still rudimentary understanding of biological interactions among species, even in most temperate ecosystems, the importance of under-standing the technological and economic interactions is heightened for sustainable economic growth and public regulation. This paper evaluates these interactions for the multiproduct gill net fisheries of Peninsular Malaysia. Standard price and quantity controls may have little promise. Gear regulations, a policy of constant escapement, and managing the entire mix of species as a single stock for economic rather than biomass yield appear the most promising management tools given the limited regulatory options. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996

Keywords: Multispecies; tropical; artisanal; fisheries; public regulation; Malaysia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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