Fisheries resources economics / edited by Xinjun Chen.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Basic principles of resource economics -- Bioeconomic model for a single species of fish -- Bioeconomic model of fishery resources under ecological and technological interdependencies -- Assessment of the sustainable use of fishery resources and an early warning system -- Theories and methods of fishery resource accounting -- Global climate change and sustainable development of fisheries -- Fishery resource management and policy formulation.

"Fisheries resources are an important component of natural resources. It is an important source of high-quality animal protein and food for humans, which provides employment, economic benefits and social welfare for people engaged in fishing activities. It also has played an important role in food safety, economic development, and foreign trade. Fisheries resources economics is an important branch of both applied economics and resource economics. Its research object is fishery resources and its economic problems. The economics of fishery resources is to focus on the relationship between the demand for human economic activities and the supply of fishery resources, as well as between fishery resources and its development. This book expounds the reasons for the economic problems of fishery resources and the theoretical principles for solving them, so as to reveal the objective rules of the allocation of fishery resources in different regions and at different times, to coordinate the relationship between the utilization of fishery resources and economic development, and to realize the sustainable development of fishery economy. This book will also provide learning materials for undergraduates, graduate students and practitioners engaged in fishery resources development and scientific management."