@article {630, title = {Nonsustainable use of renewable resources: Mangrove deforestation and mariculture in Ecuador}, journal = {Marine Resource Economics}, volume = {9}, year = {1994}, note = {4 charts}, month = {Spring 1994}, pages = {1-18}, abstract = {

The paper provides a conceptual model that examines

  1. open-access exploitation and
  2. mangrove deforestation as two potential causes for the scarcity of post-larval shrimp inputs to shrimp mariculture in Ecuador.

Results indicate that conversion of mangrove ecosystems to shrimp ponds may have obtained short-term profit at the expense of long-term productivity. Open-access collection of post-larval shrimp may also have contributed to dwindling stock levels. Specific policy recommendations are presented, and future empirical studies are proposed.

}, keywords = {biotic communities, deforestation, Ecuador, fisheries, mangrove plants, mariculture, renewable natural resources, shrimp}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1086/mre.9.1.42629577}, author = {Peter J. Parks and Manuel Bonifaz} }