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Ralph E. Townsend
Researcher at University of Maine
Publications - 20
Citations - 679
Ralph E. Townsend is an academic researcher from University of Maine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fisheries management & Fisheries science. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 19 publications receiving 656 citations. Previous affiliations of Ralph E. Townsend include Ministry of Fisheries.
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Entry Restrictions in the Fishery: A Survey of the Evidence
TL;DR: This article conducted an empirical survey of this experience and tried to find themes that support or contradict the economic theories of restricted access in fishery economics, and found that these themes support or oppose restricted access to fisheries.
Case studies in fisheries self-governance
TL;DR: Townsend et al. as mentioned in this paper presented 32 case studies and four syntheses (Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States of America) on the role of industry in the governance and management of fisheries, drawn from ongoing practice in Europe, North America, Japan and Australasia.
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Use of Incentive-Based Management Systems to Limit Bycatch and Discarding
Sean Pascoe,James Innes,Daniel S. Holland,Mark Fina,Olivier Thébaud,Ralph E. Townsend,James N. Sanchirico,Ragnar Arnason,Chris Wilcox,Trevor Hutton +9 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that incentive-based approaches can reduce the level of bycatch and discarding in most fisheries.
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Fisheries self-governance: corporate or cooperative structures?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue for a corporate concept of fisheries self-governance, which provides a vehicle for effective joint decision-making by producers, but avoids the inefficient long-run incentives created by a cooperative governance structure.
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Chaotic dynamics in a multiple species fishery: a model of community predation
TL;DR: A dynamic model of a multiple species fishery that incorporates a community level phenomenon — community predation — indicates that predictable order, the basis of management control of these kinds of multiple species systems, may be found at the system rather than at the individual population level.