Non-Market Values and Optimal Marine Reserve Switching

Satoshi Yamazaki, R. Quentin Grafton and Tom Kompas

No 94825, Research Reports from Australian National University, Environmental Economics Research Hub

Abstract: A stochastic bio-economic model is constructed to analyse the effects of marine reserve ‘switching’ between a ‘no take’ area and a harvested area. The model accounts for both market and non-market values of the fishery. Estimated parameters from the red throat emperor fishery from the Great Barrier Reef are used. Simulations show that an optimal switching strategy is, under a range of scenarios, preferred to fixed reserve and no reserve strategies. An important outcome is that the non-market values associated with the size of the fishery substantially affect both the returns from switching and the closure time.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41
Date: 2009-05-22
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.94825

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