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dc.contributor.authorColt, Steve
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-18T01:28:02Z
dc.date.available2021-11-18T01:28:02Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/12509
dc.description.abstractSalmon return faithfully to their stream of birth and can be efficiently caught by fixed gear. But since the introduction at the turn of the century of fish traps to the emerging Alaska commercial salmon fishery, most territorial residents fought for their abolition even while admitting to their technical efficiency. The new State of Alaska immediately banned traps in 1959. I estimate the economic rents generated by the Alaska salmon traps as they were actually deployed and find that they saved roughly $4 million (1967 dollars) per year, or about 12% of the ex-vessel value of the catch. I also find strong evidence that the fishermen operating from boats earned zero profits throughout the 20th century. Thus the State's ban on fish traps did allow 6,000 additional people to enter the fishery, but did nothing to boost average earnings.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherInstitute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska.en_US
dc.subjectfish trapsen_US
dc.subjectcommercial salmon fisheryen_US
dc.subjectex-vessel valueen_US
dc.subjectaverage earningsen_US
dc.subjecteconomic rentsen_US
dc.titleSalmon Fish Traps in Alaska: An Economic History Perspectiveen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-11-18T01:28:03Z


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