02366nas a2200325   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260000800043653003200051653001800083653003400101653002800135653002200163653002900185653002300214653001900237653001800256653001800274653002200292653002600314100001400340700001800354700002300372245010700395856015300502300001200655490000700667520134600674022002002020       2015                            d  cjan10aDiscrete choice experiments10aHeterogeneity10aMaritime and fishing heritage10aconservation management10acultural heritage10adiscrete choice analysis10afishery management10afishery policy10aheterogeneity10amarine policy10amaritime boundary10apolicy implementation1 aRoi Duran1 aBegona Farizo1 aMaria Xose Vazquez00aConservation of maritime cultural heritage: A discrete choice experiment in a European Atlantic Region  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84910685844&doi=10.1016%2fj.marpol.2014.09.023&partnerID=40&md5=9c627ed3ebaec4c1a8de127969c5ba5a  a356-3650 v513 aThe use of natural resources is often associated with a high component of cultural or passive values. Such is the case of the use of fishery resources using traditional techniques and the results in terms of heritage. Maritime cultural heritage as a public good requires public intervention to prevent deterioration that may lead to serious losses of social wellbeing. However, there are still few applications of economic valuation methods to quantify the social wellbeing derived from maritime conservation policies. Among the available techniques, discrete choice experiments seem to be a suitable methodology for the economic valuation of maritime cultural heritage, due to weight of non-use values on total value and to the multidimensional characteristic of the cultural heritage. The results obtained with this method to value a conservation policy of tangible and intangible heritage show positive willingness to pay towards the conservation of maritime cultural heritage, with higher willingness to pay for intangible attributes, although there is a significant heterogeneity in the values obtained depending upon the attitudes of individuals regarding culture. The results support public intervention to conserve maritime and fishing heritage and may be used to design appropriate policies and economic incentives for preservation.  a0308597X (ISSN)