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Spillovers in regional fisheries management: Do catch shares cause leakage?

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Cunningham, S; Bennear, LS; Smith, MD
Published in: Land Economics
May 1, 2016

Regional councils manage U.S. fisheries. Fishermen can participate in fisheries managed by multiple councils, and effort controls in one region could lead to effort leakage into another. Theoretical modeling demonstrates that positive, negative, and no leakage are possible. Using difference-in-differences, we test for leakage across regional boundaries for a catch share program in New England and find evidence that the New England groundfish sector program caused spillover into adjacent Mid-Atlantic fisheries. Aggregate Mid-Atlantic harvest volume increased among sector members after the policy change. We find leakage in individual fisheries with similar gear and high market substitutability with sector species.

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Land Economics

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0023-7639

Publication Date

May 1, 2016

Volume

92

Issue

2

Start / End Page

344 / 362

Related Subject Headings

  • Agricultural Economics & Policy
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1402 Applied Economics
 

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Cunningham, S., Bennear, L. S., & Smith, M. D. (2016). Spillovers in regional fisheries management: Do catch shares cause leakage? Land Economics, 92(2), 344–362. https://doi.org/10.3368/le.92.2.344
Cunningham, S., L. S. Bennear, and M. D. Smith. “Spillovers in regional fisheries management: Do catch shares cause leakage?Land Economics 92, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 344–62. https://doi.org/10.3368/le.92.2.344.
Cunningham S, Bennear LS, Smith MD. Spillovers in regional fisheries management: Do catch shares cause leakage? Land Economics. 2016 May 1;92(2):344–62.
Cunningham, S., et al. “Spillovers in regional fisheries management: Do catch shares cause leakage?Land Economics, vol. 92, no. 2, May 2016, pp. 344–62. Scopus, doi:10.3368/le.92.2.344.
Cunningham S, Bennear LS, Smith MD. Spillovers in regional fisheries management: Do catch shares cause leakage? Land Economics. 2016 May 1;92(2):344–362.
Journal cover image

Published In

Land Economics

DOI

ISSN

0023-7639

Publication Date

May 1, 2016

Volume

92

Issue

2

Start / End Page

344 / 362

Related Subject Headings

  • Agricultural Economics & Policy
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1402 Applied Economics