TABLE OF CONTENTS


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .. . ...

LIST OF TABLES . .

LIST OF FIGURES .. .......... .

ABSTRACT ...........

CHAPTERS

 I INTRODUCTION .. ...........

 Objectives . .
 Scope .

 II THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS ............

 Biological Theory .........

 Sustainable Yield. .. .......
 Stock Production Models .. ......

 Basic Bioeconomic Models of the Fishery .

 Static Bioeconomic Fishery Models .. ...
 Dynamic Bioeconomic Fishery Models ...

 Theoretical Extensions .. ..

 Fishing Effort and Equilibrium Yield .
 Variable Product Price ....
 A Multi-Sector Fishery ....

 III EMPIRICAL MODEL .......

 Introduction . .
 Catch Equation Specification and Estimation .

 Specification of Fishing Effort .. ....
 Within Region Specification Considerations
 Stochastic Approximation of Resource Stock
 Effects . .


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