Andrew Dyck

Using a recently developed database of fisheries subsidies for 148 maritime countries spanning 1989 to the present, total fisheries subsidies for the year 2003 is computed. A key feature of our estimation approach is that it explicitly deals with missing data from official sources, and includes estimates of subsidies to developing country fisheries...

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 as t...

We study the effects of providing subsidies to the fisheries in small island developing states (SIDS), where fisheries are important to both the food security and livelihoods of the populations. By analyzing data on current and potential catch and computing the potential catch losses from the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of SIDS, we find that, c...

Global marine fisheries are currently underperforming, largely due to overfishing. An analysis of global databases finds that resource rent net of subsidies from rebuilt world fisheries could increase from the current negative US$13 billion to positive US$54 billion per year, resulting in a net gain of US$600 to US$1,400 billion in present value ov...

Key fisheries data (annual averages for 2000s) for Asia. (DOCX)

Key fisheries data (annual averages for 2000s) for Oceania. (DOCX)

Key fisheries data (annual averages for 2000s) for South, Central America and the Caribbean. (DOCX)

Key fisheries data (annual averages for 2000s) for Africa. (DOCX)

Key fisheries data (annual averages for 2000s) for Europe. (DOCX)

Key fisheries data (annual averages for 2000s) for North America. (DOCX)

Marine oil spills usually harm organisms at two interfaces: near the water surface and on shore. However, because of the depth of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon well blowout, deeper parts of the Gulf of Mexico are likely impacted. We estimate the potential negative economic effects of this blowout and oil spill on commercial and recreational fish...

Lam, V. W. Y., Sumaila, U. R., Dyck, A., Pauly, D., and Watson, R. 2011. Construction and first applications of a global cost of fishing database. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 1996–2004. The development of a new global database of fishing cost is described, and an overview of fishing cost patterns at national, regional, and global scales i...

AER and Ecopath model fleet group. (PDF)

Sources for effort data used in the hindcast simulations. (PDF)

Revenues, costs and profits, with (a) and without (b) subsidies. (PDF)

Catch composition and price of the most important species. (PDF)

Fixed cost and effort-related subsidies by subsidy type. (PDF)

This study examines the impact of subsidies on the profitability and ecological stability of the North Sea fisheries over the past 20 years. It shows the negative impact that subsidies can have on both the biomass of important fish species and the possible profit from fisheries. The study includes subsidies in an ecosystem model of the North Sea an...

The focus here is the food security implications of the impact of climate change on fisheries. Particular attention will be given to how the predicted reduction in fish biomass and catch in the tropics due to coral bleaching, etc, in the tropics will affect the ability of developing countries to meet their animal protein needs.

Inspired by the work of the renowned fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly, this book provides a detailed overview of ecosystem-based management of fisheries. It explores the complex and interdisciplinary nature of the subject by bringing together contributions from some of the world's leading fisheries scientists, managers and conservationists. Combini...

The health of the entrepreneurial sector is becoming even more important to governments as the babyboom generation begins to retire in many industrialized countries. This empirical study investigates the effect that various aspects of a nation's business environment have on new firm creation rates. In a cross-section sample of 64 nations in 2003, w...

Our goal in this paper is to estimate the total output in an economy that is currently dependent (at least partially) on current fisheries output. We therefore applied the Leontief technological coefficients at current production and then estimate total output supported throughout the economy at the current level of production. Estimates of gross r...

Using a recently developed database of fisheries subsidies for 148 maritime countries spanning 1989 to the present, total fisheries subsidies for the year 2003 is computed. A key feature of our estimation approach is that it explicitly deals with missing data from official sources, and includes estimates of subsidies to developing country fisheries...