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The effect of rights-based fisheries management on risk taking and fishing safety
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2016
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Source: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Mar 8; 113(10): 2615-2620.
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Journal Title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States
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Description:Commercial fishing is a dangerous occupation despite decades of regulatory initiatives aimed at making it safer. We posit that the individual allocation of fishing quota can improve safety by solving many of the problems associated with the competitive race to fish, which manifest themselves in risky behavior such as fishing in poor weather. We present a previously unidentified approach to evaluation: estimating the change in the propensity to start a fishing trip in poor weather conditions as a result of the management change. We chronicle a revolution in risk-taking behavior by fishermen (a 79% decrease in the annual average rate of fishing on high wind days) that is due to the change in economic incentives provided by rights-based management.
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Source:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Mar 8; 113(10): 2615-2620.
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC4791003
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