The economic value (as measured by consumer's surplus) and the economic impact (as measured by sales, employment and wages and salaries) were estimated for Florida's east and west coast recreational and commercial king mackerel fisheries using 1986 data. In 1986, the king mackerel fisheries in Florida were economically more important to both the nation (using consumer's surplus) and to the state of Florida's economy (using sales, employment and wages salaries impact) than the commercial king mackerel fisheries in Florida. These conclusions held even assuming large errors in estimation. / A short-run economic allocation model was implemented for Florida's east and west coast king mackerel fisheries to evaluate the economics of allocating king mackerel stocks between recreational and commercial fishermen. Computer simulations, based upon estimates using 1986 data, revealed that maximum of consumer's surplus, sales, employment and wages and salaries would have been achieved if the entire 1986 commercial catch would have been allocated to recreational fishermen. This conclusion held even under extreme assumptions designed to bias the results towards the commercial fishery. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-09, Section: A, page: 3151. / Major Professor: Frederick W. Bell. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78301 |
| Contributors | Leeworthy, Vernon Robert., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 193 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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