1. The economics of fishing the high seas.
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Sala, Enric, Mayorga, Juan, Costello, Christopher, Kroodsma, David, Palomares, Maria L. D., Pauly, Daniel, Sumaila, U. Rashid, and Zeller, Dirk
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FISHING -- Economic aspects , *FISHERY management , *FISHERY economics , *SUBSIDIES , *PROFITABILITY - Abstract
The article focuses on high-seas fishing effort, costs and benefits. It refers to the economic benefits of fishing the high seas at the scale of individual fleets, globally and nationally. It states that large government subsidies enables fishing at the current scale while patterns of fishing profitability vary widely between countries.
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- 2018
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