Testing Ecological Models: The Influence of Catch Rates on Settlement of Fishermen in Newfoundland, 1710-1833
Testing Ecological Models: The Influence of Catch Rates on Settlement of Fishermen in Newfoundland, 1710-1833
Ransom A. Myers studies three Newfoundland bays in order to test Scott Gordon’s maxim that renewable resource exploitation becomes unprofitable over time as new exploiters enter the system until profit margins reach zero. He uses a thorough collection of data for each bay, and determines that fishermen in Newfoundland settled if catch rates were greater than forty quintals of dried salt cod per annum, and emigrate if less. He presumes this population movement is reflected in the consistent catch rate in Newfoundland from the 1700s up until the 1990s collapse of the fishery.
Keywords: Open Access Fisheries, Fishermen History, Fishermen Emigration, Renewable Resource Exploitation, Scott Gordon, Newfoundland Population, Newfoundland Fisheries, Bioeconomics
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