Recreational Fishing and Fishing Policies in the Netherlands and Australia: a Comparative Review

Ruben R.C.M. Hurkens and Clement Tisdell

No 48978, Economics, Ecology and Environment Working Papers from University of Queensland, School of Economics

Abstract: This article compares fisheries management, environmental problems and policies of the Netherlands and Australia. From this comparison lessons can be learned for countries that experience economic growth and on increase of leisure activity. In both countries, conflicts between the user groups, e.g. commercial and recreational fishers, are identified and the ways in which policymakers deal with these problems are outlined. Often suggested tools to address these problems are decision-making procedures based on a holistic framework in which economic, sociocultural, political/institutional, ecological aspects are included in the decision framework. Recreational fishing is today often the dominant factor in the resolution of these matters because of the relative economic, social and political power of recreational fishers as a group.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39
Date: 2004-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.48978

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