The contribution of non timber forest products (NTFPs) has been acknowledged globally for their role in conservation, income generation, livelihood improvement and rural development. potential a NTFP-based bioeconomy given new dimension to the sector, NTFPs are now considered favourably by resource rich developing economies. actual never adequately estimated due lack sufficient baseline informa...

Introduction 2 Benchmarks, targets and fisheries ownership 2 Tradeoffs between economic and conservation benefits 3 Harvesting profits vs. fisheries employment 3 B MEY and the Western and Central Pacific tuna fisheries 4 Including harvesting and processing/retail sectors in B MEY 6 Incorporating harvesting profit and processing margins 6 Incorporating consumer surplus 8 Conclusions 9 Abstract T...