Portfolio Analysis for Optimal Seafood Product Diversification and Resource Management

Future harvests from commercial fish stocks are unlikely to increase substantially due to biological and regulatory constraints. Developing alternative sets of processed seafood products is one strategy for increasing welfare while managing the risks inherent in a variable and renewable natural resource. To quantify the risk-benefit tradeoffs of alternative strategies, a portfolio decision framework is embedded into a multi-period bioeconomic model. The model is used to generate an efficient portfolio frontier to estimate possible rent dissipation from status quo management. Frontiers are also generated for seafood processors and brokers. Implications for the different industry agents are discussed.bioeconomic analysis, dynamic optimization, Markowitz, Pacific whiting, portfolio analysis, resource management, seafood processing, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

Calvin\u27s Political Theology and the Public Engagement of the Church: A Response to Keith Sewell

Response by Tuininga to Keith Sewell\u27s review of Tuininga\u27s book (Pro Rege, v. 46 no. 3, March 2018, pp.42-44

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1200 bezoekers voor milieustal in Raalte

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Ervaringen met groepshuisvesting voor zeugen op Raalte

Er ontstaan vaak problemen, als jonge zeugen (opfok en eerste worps) aan een groep oudere zeugen worden toegevoegd

Going Dutch in Environmental Policy

In many discussions on Environmental Policy the Dutch efforts since 1989 are mentioned as a laud-able example for other governments. But after five years of hard work and three National Environ-mental Policy Plans (nepp), the effectiveness of all these policy plans are still up for debate, most of all in the Netherlands itself. Environmental policy is more than writing plans and as it turns out the implementation of policies is more unruly than expected. OECD's recent 'Environmental Performance Review' of the Dutch policies even wondered if the Dutch planning and agreement approach could backfire and prevent some real solutions

THE EMERGING PATTERN OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN ISLAMIST STATES

The rise of political Islam in the Muslim Middle East is a critical development certain to shape political and social change in the region for decades to come. Political Islam is bound to exert a particularly strong influence on civil-military relations due to the legacy of military dominance of state institutions. Drawing on the reform experiences in Iran, Turkey, and Egypt, this thesis argues that a distinct pattern of civil-military relations is beginning to emerge in which Islamist governments rely on ideology to mobilize and ensure the loyalty of supporters to a degree that clearly distinguishes them from their authoritarian and democratic predecessors. While these Islamist-dominated governments have utilized some democratic control mechanisms in their efforts to expand their control of the government and bring the military under civilian control, this owes more to expediency than to a genuine commitment to democratic reform. Although each Islamist political organization interprets the Islamization of the state differently and some could be considered politically or socially liberal, the primary characteristic of any Islamist political organization is to Islamize the state rather than to democratize ita characteristic that has important implications for how Islamist governments assert their authority over the military.http://archive.org/details/theemergingpatte1094532912Outstanding ThesisLieutenant, United States NavyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited