@article {513,
	title = {Economic effects of marine protected areas on small-scale fisheries: a case study of the trawl ban in the Gulf of Castellammare, Sicily},
	year = {2001},
	edition = {University of Portsmouth 2001},
	address = {Plymouth United Kingdom},
	abstract = {<p>Despite growing interest in Marine Protected Areas, relatively little is  still known in practice about their economic impact or their  distributional consequences for stakeholders. The present paper, based  on an EU-funded project, attempts to shed light on this issue by  examining the economics of an artisanal fishery operating in an area of  NW Sicily from which trawlers have been excluded. The main issues  examined relate to the financial performance of trammel net vessels,  focussing especially on (i) current profitability levels, (ii) financial  implications of changes in catch rates, (iii) financial viability of  capital investment and (iv comparative performance of vessels inside and  outside the trawl ban area.</p>},
	keywords = {artisanal fishery, Castellamare, economic effect, economy, financement, fishery, impact, Italy, marine protected area, Mediterranean sea, protected area, scale, Sicilia, size, stakeholders, trawling, western Mediterranean},
	author = {D. Whitmarsh and G. D{\textquoteright}Anna and F. Badalamenti and C. Pipitone and H. Pickering and C. James}
}
