Teh LCL, Teh LSL, Jumin R (accepted). Combining human preference and biodiversity priorities for marine protected area site selection in Sabah, Malaysia. Biological Conservation
High human reliance on marine resources in developing countries is a challenge for implementing marine protected areas, which usually seek to limit or restrict fishing in selected areas. Fishers’ spatial preferences should be considered during the site selection process, but biodiversity considerations are generally the primary focus. The Protected Area Suitability Index (PASI) is a […]
Teh LSL, Teh LCL, Sumaila UR (in press) Time preference of small-scale fishers in open access and traditionally managed reef fisheries. Marine Policy
Individuals with high discount rates are likely not partial to conservation because they are unwilling to sacrifice short term benefits for potentially higher gains in the future. Many reef fisheries worldwide are open access, and fishers under open access systems are theorized to discount the future at an infinite rate. In contrast, fishers in a […]
Teh LSL, Teh LCL, Sumaila UR, Cheung W (2013) Time discounting and the overexploitation of coral reefs. Environmental and Resource Economics DOI 10.1007/s10640-013-9674-7
The incentive to overexploit a fishery resource is thought to exist if the resource owner’s discount rate is sufficiently higher than the biological productivity of the targeted fish stock. Coral reef fisheries are extensively overexploited worldwide, but the discount rates of reef fishers are largely unknown, and there is little information about how discount rates […]
Sumaila, U.R. (2013) Game Theory and Fisheries: Essays on the Tragedy of Free for All Fishing. Oxford, UK: Routledge. 178 pp.
The book targets both economists and students of economics who are familiar with the tools of their trade but not necessarily familiar with game theory in the context of fisheries management.
Caballitos de mar, ¿en serio? Un breve viaje por África Occidental
Seahorses, of all things: Further thoughts on the West African seahorse trade
Fishes are worth more than the sticker price: Sardines in British Columbia
Forage fish (sardines, squids, and other fast-growing species) are the backbone of pelagic marine ecosystem, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at their price in the store.
Noone, K.J., Sumaila, U.R. and Diaz, R.J. (Eds.) (2013) Managing Ocean Environments in a Changing Climate. Burlington, MA: Elsevier. 359 pp. ISBN 978-0-12-407668-6
“What distinguishes this book most from previous works is that [it] begins with a holistic, global-scale focus for the first several chapters and then provides an example of how this approach can be applied on a regional scale, for the Pacific region.”
Pew: Tuna fisheries and subsidies in the Western Central Pacific Ocean
Fishing for tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean is an extremely valuable enterprise, worth an estimated $4.1 billion in 2009. But not all countries that participate benefit equally. Governments often provide subsidies to fishing fleets to offset the cost of fuel or other production expenses, thus lowering the cost of fishing and boosting […]
Sumaila, U.R., Dyck, A. and Baske, A. (In Press) Subsidies to tuna fisheries in the Western Central Pacific Ocean. Marine Policy. DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.06.012
Abstract: Tuna fisheries in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean are among the most valuable resources in the region. These fisheries, worth an estimated $4.1 billion each year, play a pivotal role in supporting incomes and development goals in the region. However, due to the twin, and potentially inter-related effects of harmful fishing practices such […]
Islands Business: Close reserve to commercial fishing, scientists tell Kiribati
A decade ago, Gregory Stone and a group of coral reef ecologists suggested to Kiribati’s leadership that the long-ignored Phoenix Islands were a treasure that could bring the country prestige and tourism as a world-class marine protected area. But President Anote Tong said closing it to commercial tuna fishing would cost Kiribati millions of dollars […]