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dc.contributor.authorSumaila, Ussif Rashid
dc.date.accessioned2008-03-03T12:02:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-29T09:12:26Z
dc.date.available2008-03-03T12:02:15Z
dc.date.available2017-03-29T09:12:26Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.issn0804-3639
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2435836
dc.description.abstractA key fishery policy issue decided by the new government of Namibia soon after independence in 1990 relates to the division of the total allowable catch for hake between wetfish and freezer trawlers. Using economic and social arguments, the government decided to use a criterion of 60:40 in favour of wetfish trawlers. The main question I pursue in this paper is, is this criterion economically sensible? How would the answer to this question be modified if, say, the employment generation capacity of the fishery were to be taken into consideration? The study suggests that based on purely economic and employment generation criteria, only the wetfish traw1ers should be allowed to exploit the resource. However, the impact of other considerations such as biological, market, harvesting, and processing constraints tend to lend support to the current government policy.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherChr. Michelsen Institute
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCMI Working paper
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWP 1997: 11
dc.subjectEconomic development
dc.subjectFishery policy
dc.subjectHake
dc.subjectEmployment
dc.subjectNamibia
dc.titleFish as vehicle for economic development in post-independence Namibia
dc.typeWorking paper


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