The OECD Handbook for Fisheries Managers : Principles and Practice for Policy Design.

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The Fisheries Manager's Handbook is a compilation of OECD work designed to aid policy makers develop and implement good policies and management tools in fisheries. Drawing upon years of OECD research, it demonstrates how an open policy design process with clear objectives, using market-based instruments and focussed on effective stock management can benefit all those involved in or concerned about the fisheries sector. Of interest not only to policy makers, it will provides a useful guide to NGOs and other interested parties on the principles and processes of good policy design.  Read more... Foreword Table of contents Acronyms Executive summary Chapter 1. Introduction to fisheries management Policy insights Figure 1.1. The policy development cycle Box 1.1. Principles for effective stakeholder participation Setting policy objectives Figure 1.2. Some possible objectives of fisheries management Box 1.2. Dealing with multiple fisheries management objectives Figure 1.3. Objective-setting hierarchy Targeting and tailoring policies Measuring progress Figure 1.4. The adaptive management cycle Setting priorities and policies. Figure 1.5. The benefits of good stock managementBox 1.3. Input or output controls? The benefits of fisheries management Box 1.4. The state of the world fisheries Global trends in the state of exploitation of the world's fish stocks, 1974-2009 Table 1.1. Key features of fisheries management frameworks in OECD countries Glossary References Chapter 2. The economics of fisheries management Policy insights The problem of shared resources Entry and exit Figure 2.1. Entry and exit Rents and capitalisation Box 2.1. The value of licences Maximising social welfare. Figure 2.2. Producer and consumer surplusTrading and efficiency Flexible fisheries Glossary References Chapter 3. Dealing with capacity issues in fisheries Policy insights Box 3.1. How do economists think about profits? Overcapacity vs. adjustment Overcapacity and the management system Decommissioning works best as part of a coherent policy framework Financing can help shape incentives Box 3.2. Auctions vs. fixed-rate payments Design and implementation of decommissioning schemes: Issues and best practices Political economy Glossary References. Chapter 4. Market mechanisms to manage fisheriesPolicy insights Fisheries management mechanisms: Objectives and methods Figure 4.1. The two components of fisheries management The benefits of market mechanisms Box 4.1. A natural experiment in fisheries management: Atlantic sea scallops Property rights Box 4.2. Attributes of property rights Designing and choosing market mechanisms Table 4.1. Main management mechanisms: Examples and key features Implementing market mechanisms: Tracks to follow 1. Make all stakeholders comfortable with the concept of market mechanisms. 2. Use an incremental approach to implementing market-like instruments3. Avoid a "one-size-fits-all" strategy Box 4.3. Mixed instruments in the English Channel bass fishery 4. Carefully design the process to allocate rights Box 4.4. Initial allocations of ITQs in the Finnish salmon fishery 5. Use market forces pragmatically 6. Overcome the issue of rights concentration 7. Use the "demonstration effect" 8. Involve stakeholders in the reform process 9. Integrate fisheries characteristics 10. Deal pragmatically with trade-offs Glossary References Chapter 5. Rebuilding fisheries.