TY - JOUR T1 - Nonsustainable use of renewable resources: Mangrove deforestation and mariculture in Ecuador JF - Marine Resource Economics Y1 - 1994 A1 - Peter J. Parks A1 - Manuel Bonifaz KW - biotic communities KW - deforestation KW - Ecuador KW - fisheries KW - mangrove plants KW - mariculture KW - renewable natural resources KW - shrimp AB -

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.

VL - 9 UR - https://doi.org/10.1086/mre.9.1.42629577 IS - 1 N1 - 4 charts U1 - Marine Resource Economics U5 - 18 pp. JO - Nonsustainable Use of Renewable Resources ER -