Nonsustainable use of renewable resources: Mangrove deforestation and mariculture in Ecuador

TitleNonsustainable use of renewable resources: Mangrove deforestation and mariculture in Ecuador
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1994
AuthorsParks, PJ, Bonifaz, M
JournalMarine Resource Economics
Volume9
Issue1
Pagination1-18
Date PublishedSpring 1994
LanguageEnglish
Keywordsbiotic communities; deforestation; Ecuador; fisheries; mangrove plants; mariculture; renewable natural resources; shrimp
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.

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URLhttps://doi.org/10.1086/mre.9.1.42629577
Journal Abbreviation

Marine Resource Economics

Number of pages

18 pp.

ISSN

0738-1360

Short TitleNonsustainable Use of Renewable Resources

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