The objective of this study is to assess the performance of fishery buybacks so as to
determine the conditions under which positive socio-economic outcomes can occur during …

Vessel and license buyback programs are being used increasingly as a tool to reduce
overcapacity in fisheries. This paper examines buybacks programs in a number fisheries …

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industry that could be used for investment in new boats, replacing the ones that were bought …

Policy makers have implemented five distinct buybacks of either vessels or salmon licenses
over the past 3 decades in the British Columbia (BC) salmon fishery. The earliest buyback …

Fishing vessel and permit buyback programs have been implemented to reduce excess
capacity and improve profitability in a number of fisheries around the world. These programs …

The book Fisheries Buybacks is the outcome of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Fisheries—University of California, San Diego workshop in March …

Buybacks of fishing vessels, licences, access and other rights, and gear, sometimes called
decommissioning schemes, have traditionally been a key policy tool to address …

Most fisheries subsidies, which on a worldwide scale are immense, are probably detrimental
to resource conservation. However, payments used to buy out excess fishing capacity are …

ABSTRACT gear can Buybacks of fishing vessels, of licences or access and other use rights
and of be key management tools to address overcapacity, overexploitation of fish stocks and …

Buybacks of fishing vessels, licenses or access rights, other use or property rights, and gear,
as discussed in Chapter 1, are one of the key management tools used to address …