Bioeconomics and the bowhead whale
Abstract
In the mid-1970s the International Whaling Commission concluded that the increased harvest by Alaskan Eskimos threatened the existence of the bowhead whale, which was slowly recovering from a period of open-access exploitation (1848-1914). This paper briefly discusses the economic history of the bowhead whale fishery in the western Arctic, simulates the population from 1848-1988, and presents a bioeconomic model that may be used to determine optimal Eskimo harvest for alternative rates of discount and weights on the bowhead population.
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In northern coastal communities, settlements provided monies to outfit new whaling crews, which led to an increase in whaling.
“In northern coastal communities, settlements provided monies to outfit new whaling crews, which led to an increase in whaling (Conrad, 1989;Huntington, 1992).”
From Institutional navigation of oceans governance: Lessons from Russia and the United States Indigenous multi-level whaling governance in the Arctic (2022) · cites this paper as Conrad, 1989
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- Authors
- Conrad, J. M.
- Corresponding author
- Conrad, Jon M.
- Venue
- Journal of Political Economy
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1989-08
- Volume
- 97
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 974-987
- ISSN
- 0022-3808 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-534X
- OpenAlex
- W2596160342
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2022: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Political Economy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Socioeconomics of Resources and Conservation
- Keywords
- bowhead whale, whaling, bioeconomics, Alaska Natives, International Whaling Commission, population dynamics, optimal harvesting, Western Arctic, fisheries history
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