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Measuring and assessing capacity in fisheries. 2. Issues and methods

Year of publication 2003

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 141

Author Pascoe, S.; Kirkley, J.E.; Gréboval, D.; Morrison-Paul, C.J.

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9251050155

Series title FAO Fisheries Technical Paper

Series number 0429-9345 - T433/2

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This Fisheries Technical Paper provides guidance for the measurement and assessment of fishing capacity, with the aim of facilitating the implementation of the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity. It provides a discussion and overview of the various concepts of capacity and capacity utilization and potential methods for estimating capacity discussed at the FAO Technical Consultation on the Measurement of Fishing Capacity held in Mexico City from 29 Novembe r to 3 December 1999. The paper also introduces some more recent methodologies for examining capacity in fisheries. Its specific objective is to provide the information necessary for developing a widely accepted definition of capacity for fisheries as well as sufficient detail about various methods for estimating capacity to permit an empirical assessment of fishing capacity conditional on the types of data typically available for fisheries. The document initially discusses concepts an d issues necessary for understanding capacity and capacity utilization in fisheries, followed by the primary methods often used to estimate capacity. It also gives empirical examples of how the various approaches can be used to estimate and assess capacity. Finally, a potential framework for assessing overcapacity is presented and discussed.

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Pascoe, S.; Kirkley, J.E.; Gréboval, D.; Morrison-Paul, C.J. Measuring and assessing capacity in fisheries. 2. Issues and methods. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 433/2. Rome, FAO. 2003. 130p.

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