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Fishing skill in developing country fisheries: The Kedah, Malaysia trawl fishery

Fishing skill is perceived to play a crucial role in catching fish. The question arises for fishery managers as to whether or not there are observable and measurable attributes of the skipper or vessel that can be monitored and regulated to account for skipper skill and, hence, this source of fishin...

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Main Authors: Viswanathan, K. Kuperan, Omar, Ishak, Jeon, Yongil, Kirkley, James, Squires, Dale, Susilowati, Indah
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Published: Marine Rsources Foundation 2001
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112634/
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/mre.16.4.42629339
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1126342025-02-06T05:03:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112634/ Fishing skill in developing country fisheries: The Kedah, Malaysia trawl fishery Viswanathan, K. Kuperan Omar, Ishak Jeon, Yongil Kirkley, James Squires, Dale Susilowati, Indah Fishing skill is perceived to play a crucial role in catching fish. The question arises for fishery managers as to whether or not there are observable and measurable attributes of the skipper or vessel that can be monitored and regulated to account for skipper skill and, hence, this source of fishing capacity. Equating technical efficiency with skipper skill, this paper evaluates technical efficiency and skipper skill in the Kedah, Malaysia, trawl fishery to address this issue. © 2002 Marine Resources Foundation. Marine Rsources Foundation 2001 Article PeerReviewed Viswanathan, K. Kuperan and Omar, Ishak and Jeon, Yongil and Kirkley, James and Squires, Dale and Susilowati, Indah (2001) Fishing skill in developing country fisheries: The Kedah, Malaysia trawl fishery. Marine Resource Economics, 16 (4). pp. 293-314. ISSN 0738-1360; eISSN: 2334-5985 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/mre.16.4.42629339 10.1086/mre.16.4.42629339
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description Fishing skill is perceived to play a crucial role in catching fish. The question arises for fishery managers as to whether or not there are observable and measurable attributes of the skipper or vessel that can be monitored and regulated to account for skipper skill and, hence, this source of fishing capacity. Equating technical efficiency with skipper skill, this paper evaluates technical efficiency and skipper skill in the Kedah, Malaysia, trawl fishery to address this issue. © 2002 Marine Resources Foundation.
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author Viswanathan, K. Kuperan
Omar, Ishak
Jeon, Yongil
Kirkley, James
Squires, Dale
Susilowati, Indah
spellingShingle Viswanathan, K. Kuperan
Omar, Ishak
Jeon, Yongil
Kirkley, James
Squires, Dale
Susilowati, Indah
Fishing skill in developing country fisheries: The Kedah, Malaysia trawl fishery
author_facet Viswanathan, K. Kuperan
Omar, Ishak
Jeon, Yongil
Kirkley, James
Squires, Dale
Susilowati, Indah
author_sort Viswanathan, K. Kuperan
title Fishing skill in developing country fisheries: The Kedah, Malaysia trawl fishery
title_short Fishing skill in developing country fisheries: The Kedah, Malaysia trawl fishery
title_full Fishing skill in developing country fisheries: The Kedah, Malaysia trawl fishery
title_fullStr Fishing skill in developing country fisheries: The Kedah, Malaysia trawl fishery
title_full_unstemmed Fishing skill in developing country fisheries: The Kedah, Malaysia trawl fishery
title_sort fishing skill in developing country fisheries: the kedah, malaysia trawl fishery
publisher Marine Rsources Foundation
publishDate 2001
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112634/
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/mre.16.4.42629339
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