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Economic Impact Study - Commercial Fishing In Western Australia, Paul Mcleod, Carmel Mcginley

Fisheries management papers

The current study seeks to document the extent of the economic activity which is directly related to commercial fishing activities in Western Australia and the magnitude of flow-on effects which these have in the rest of the economy. Impacts are measure in terms of employment and household incomes generated and flow on effects are estimated using multipliers from the Western Australian input-output table.