Economic Analysis of Marine Managed Areas in Hawaii

Research papers and socioeconomic data tables assess the economic benefits and costs of Marine Managed Areas in Hawaii. The dataset combines results from multiple studies conducted by NOAA researchers. Data collection and analysis occurred from 1998 to 2003.

Use Cases

• Analyze fisheries benefit estimates from the Friedlander and Cesar (2004) paper.
• Review recreational survey results from Van Beukering and Cesar (2004) for visitor valuation.
• Compare economic value and cost-benefit analysis of management options detailed in the Van Beukering and Cesar (2004) paper.
• Examine institutional and regulatory framework descriptions from Cesar (2004).
• Study international experience in sustainable MMA financing from Cesar and van Beukering (2004).

Strengths

• Combines results from at least five distinct research papers.
• Integrates socioeconomic data with habitat and fish data from established NOAA archives.

Limitations

• Primary data format is MS Word documents, requiring manual extraction of tabular data.
• Underlying habitat and fish data are sourced from external datasets, not original collection.
• Data is over 20 years old, limiting relevance to current economic conditions.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Collection Method

Compilation of research paper results and embedded socioeconomic tables.

Time Range

1998 - 2003

Freshness

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Geography

Hawaii