Management of the Victorian Scallop Fisheries: Retrospect and Prospect

TitleManagement of the Victorian Scallop Fisheries: Retrospect and Prospect
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication1982
AuthorsSturgess NH, Dow N, Belin P
Book TitlePolicy and Practice in Fisheries Management
Pagination277-316
PublisherThe MIT Press
CityCambridge, MA, USA
Source DocumentAccessible with appropriate permission
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Lakes Entrance Scallop Fishery

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The Lakes Entrance scallop fishery is located in Bass Strait outside the city of Lakes Entrance in eastern Victoria, Australia and as far south as Tasmania in depths of 10-30 fathoms . The original case, which was published in 1982, catalogs the management of both Lakes Entrance and nearby Port Phillip Bay fisheries following a decline in scallop stocks in the early 1970s. The shared resources relevant to the commons dilemma faced by the community include scallop stocks and their productivity (...
09 Aug 2016

Port Phillip Bay Scallop Fishery

Case
Port Phillip Bay is a large bay in southern Victoria, Australia.The resource appropriated from Port Phillip Bay are scallops. In this case study, the authors describe the scallop fishery and the evolution of its management system after stocks declined. Over time rules such as licenses, individual quotas, and closed seasons have been introduced to manage the resource. This case was part of the original CPR database developed in the 1980s by Edella Schlager and Shui Yan Tang at Indiana...
09 Aug 2016