These cases provide conceptual substantiation for the use of the estimates presented herein. The section that follows is an overview of the suggested method useful for monetary damage evaluations of fish kills. Next, the data required are outlined. Then the steps necessary to estimate monetary damages are outlined for four fish kill scenarios. The chapter concludes with a working example of each fish kill scenario.
Requisite data are in appendices.
Appendix I contains replacement costs of fish. Appendix 2 gives a partial list of threatened and endangered species to which replacement values normally should not apply. Appendix 3 gives use values for freshwater recreational fisheries, and Appendix 4 does the same for saltwater recreational fisheries. All monetary expressions are in U.S. dollars. Replacement costs and use values have been standardized to 1989 dollars.