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Climate Change and the Benefits of Cooperation in Harvesting North-East Arctic Cod

Nils-Arne Ekerhovd, Samfunns- og Næringslivsforskning AS [SNF, Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration], Norway, nilsarne.ekerhovd@snf.no
 
Suggested Citation
Nils-Arne Ekerhovd (2013), "Climate Change and the Benefits of Cooperation in Harvesting North-East Arctic Cod", Strategic Behavior and the Environment: Vol. 3: No. 1–2, pp 7-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/102.00000022

Publication Date: 09 Jan 2013
© 2013 N.-A. Ekerhovd
 
Subjects
Game Theoretic Models/Cooperation/Noncooperation,  Climate Change,  Fisheries
 
Keywords
C61C72Q22
Noncooperative and cooperative solutionsNorth-East Arctic codClimate change
 

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In this article:
Introduction 
Migrations and Environmental Conditions 
The Model 
Results 
Summary and Comparison of Results 
Discussion and Conclusion 
References 

Abstract

In this paper, we simulate how an increase in the productivity of the North-East Arctic cod fishery affects Russian–Norwegian cooperation on fish stock management. We link the productivity increase to sea environmental conditions and climate change through a temperature-dependent, stock–recruitment relationship, whereby the numbers of recruits positively relates to sea temperatures given the spawning stock biomass. The results indicate that the increased recruitment to and productivity of the stock increases the relative benefits of joint management compared with a noncooperative outcome.

DOI:10.1561/102.00000022