The Economic Value of Alaska's Copper River Personal Use and Subsistence Fisheries
- Authors: M.M. Henderson, K.R. Criddle, and S.T. Lee
- Pub. no.: RP-00-10
- Year: 1999
- Price: Single copies free
Description
The zonal travel cost method is used in this study to estimate the net economic value (consumer surplus) of the Copper River basin personal use and subsistence fisheries. Nearly 6,000 households participated in the fishery in 1990 and the estimates of consumer surplus were more than $50 per trip. Research such as this can help policy makers appreciate the economic consequences of alternative allocations. For full text see http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/afrb/vol6_n2/hendv6n2.pdf. Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin 6:63-69.
