Surveillance and Enforcement Operations in the Costa Rican Tuna Fishery

摘要

The paper examines enforcement and surveillance operations for the Pacific tuna fishery in the extended economic zone (EEZ) of Costa Rica. A zero-one integer programming model is used to optimize the allocation of sea patrol vessels and assess the cost of a surveillance program. Results suggest that a surveillance and enforcement program for Costa Rica should place special attention on the fishing activities along the EEZ boundaries with Panama and Colombia.