Fisheries Buybacks

Preface: Rebecca Lent and William Hogarth.

Part I. Fisheries Buybacks Overview.

1. Introduction: Rita Curtis and Dale Squires.

2. Lessons from Fisheries Buybacks: Theodore Groves and Dale Squires.

3. Do Buyback Programs Make Sense?: Rögnvaldur Hannesson.

Part II. Fishery Case Studies.

4. Capacity Reduction and Productivity: A Profit Decomposition for the Australian South East Trawl Fishery: Kevin J. Fox, R. Quentin Grafton, Tom Kompas, and Tuong Nhu Che.

5. A Case Study of Fishing Vessel Capacity Management Public Buyout Schemes: Community Experience through the Multi-Annual Guidance Programmes and Ways Forward: Jean-Claude Cueff.

6. Vessel Decommissioning in Danish Fisheries: Eric Lindebo and Niels Vestergaard.

7. Decommissioning Schemes and Capacity Adjustment: A Preliminary Analysis of the French Experience: Olivier Guyader, Patrick Berthou, and Fabienne Daurès.

8. The Decommissioning Scheme for the Italian Clam Fishery: A Case of Success: Massimo Spagnolo.

9. Driftnets Buyback Program: A Case of Institutional Failure: Massimo Spagnolo.

and Rosaria Sabatella.

10. The Impact of the EU Buyback Scheme on the Italian Fleet: The Northern and Central Adriatic Sea Bottom Trawlers Case: Massimo Spagnolo and Rosaria Sabatella.

11. Buyback Programs for Fishing Vessels in Norway: Rögnvaldur Hannesson.

12. The Effects of Buyback Programs in the British Columbia Salmon Fishery: R. Quentin Grafton and Harry Nelson.

13. Effectiveness of Vessel Buyback Programs on the Offshore Fishery in Taiwan: Jenny Chin-Hwa Sun.

14. The Texas Inshore Bay and Bait License Buyback Program: Robin Riechers, Wade Griffin, and Richard Woodward.

15. Buyback Programs and Industry Restructuring in Fisheries: James E. Kirkley, John B. Walden, and James Waters.

16. A Case Study of New England Groundfish Fishing Capacity Reduction: Eric Thunberg, Andrew Kitts, and John Walden