On sustainability and financial return of fishery resources
department or school: Science, Faculty of
department or school: Oceans and Fisheries, Institute for the
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Ben Hasan, Abdulrahman
issued: 2021-07-21T19:32:18Z
issued: 2021
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Overexploitation and resource rent dissipation are some of the fundamental issues in fisheries management. The first undermines food security while the second implies a minimal economic return to the owning society. Sustainable fisheries are predominantly attained in conjunction with high management intensity, which keeps exploitation rates in check. Yet controlling exploitation becomes a daunting task under many complex fisheries contexts. Further, although profitability of fishing industry has improved after introducing quota-based systems, it is perceived that society is not receiving a fair share of the resource rent. In this dissertation, I focus on the Arabian Gulf region as a microcosm to examine various complex fisheries problems and underline, globally, the society’s compensation from the fishing industry. I begin by discussing situations where open access conditions are irreversible due to inherently poor management institutions or high dependency on fishing for livelihood. I show that well-designed size restriction—an easily implementable approach—can help avert overexploitation, rebuild depleted fish stocks and enhance yields without controlling exploitation rates. Next, I examine internationally shared fish stocks, whose sustainability requires managing exploitation rates at the international level rather than merely locally. I develop an age-structured model to evaluate bioeconomic trade-offs under alternative fishing scenarios. Harvesting a shared fish stock under cooperation or local but sustainable management provides much higher bioeconomic gains than competition. I then discuss the impacts of escalated market demand for dried swim bladder on fish, people and management in source countries. I highlight that while management interventions are required, the extremely high value of swim bladder would complicate regulatory efforts by stimulating black-market systems. Finally, I examine whether resource rent charges are imposed on catch share fisheries,…
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note: ON SUSTAINABILITY AND FINANCIAL RETURN OF FISHERY RESOURCES by Abdulrahman Ben Hasan A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (Oceans and Fisheries) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) July 2021 © Abdulrahman Ben Hasan, 2021 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: On sustainability and financial return of fishery resources submitted by Abdulrahman Ben Hasan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Oceans and Fisheries Examining Committee: Villy Christensen, Professor, Oceans and Fisheries, UBC Supervisor Carl J. Walters, Professor Emeritus, Oceans and Fisheries, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Charles R. Menzies, Professor, Anthropology, UBC University Examiner Peter Arcese, Professor, Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC University Examiner Additional Supervisory Committee Members: U. Rashid Sumaila, Professor, Oceans and Fisheries, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Brett van Poorten, Assistant Professor, Resource and Environmental Management, SFU Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract Overexploitation and resource rent dissipation are some of the fundamental issues in fisheries management. The first undermines food security while the second implies a minimal economic return to the owning society. Sustainable fisheries are predominantly attained in conjunction with high management intensity, which keeps exploitation rates in check. Yet controlling exploitation becomes a daunting task under many complex fisheries contexts. Further, although profitability of fishing industry has improved after introducing quota-based systems, it is perceived that society is not receiving a fair share of the resource rent. In this dissertation, I focus on the Arabian Gulf region as a mi…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2021-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0400598
language: eng
degree discipline: Oceans and Fisheries
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Christensen, Villy
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/79073