Fish consumption accounts for about 45% animal protein consumption in Nigeria, currently capture fisheries and the various value chain ( especially its marketing and distribution ) for fisheries and aquaculture products is a vibrant and dynamic commercial sector in Nigeria, ripe with investment and employment opportunities. Marketing of fish and...
Optimal and sustainable fisheries industry can only be achieved with proper planning through
the implementation of appropriate management instruments as well. Fisheries resources
accounting is one of the planning instruments, which should be used as a main reference of
Fisheries Management Plan. In general, fisheries accounting provide insights for policy...
Decades of social science research has shown that fisheries, particularly small-scale, are integral to
community wellbeing. They contribute to food security, men’s, women’s, and children’s livelihoods,
health, community identity, and social cohesion. These contributions need to be well-defined and
contextualized, as well as differentiated between fishing sectors, for better fisheries...
The literature on ITQs as a fishery management tool predominantly
assumes that all input prices are parametric. In many if not most fisheries,
however, fishing crews are paid a share of the profits. The paper explores
the efficiency of ITQ markets when crews are remunerated under a share
system. Efficiency...
The formulation of demand functions for aquatic products has been prevalently practiced worldwide, but
still represents a rather new phenomenon in the area of applied economics in Vietnam. This paper focuses
on estimates of demand functions for Norwegian salmon products. Log-linear functions are used to construct the model. The major...
Local community in the Mekong Delta is said to be “fish eating society” where 70% of their animal protein relies on fish products. The Mekong Delta contributes more than 60% of total aquaculture production and 40% of total wild fish catch of Vietnam. Among a large number of fishing boats,...
The
Philippines
is
the
second
major
producer
and
exporter
of
sea
cucumber
in
the
world.
However,
climate
change
has
affected
this
industry
and
has
decreased
income
for
the
country’s
economy,
the
commercial
fishing
sector
as
well
as
marginal
fishermen
who
rely
on
it
as
their
source
of
livelihood.
Three
types...
Major fishery investment has recently been implemented in West Africa as part of the World Bank's West Africa Regional Fisheries Program. To support this effort the New Partnership for Africa's Development funded development of a Seafood Bio-Economic Assessment Model. The model was initially developed for Ghana, but will accommodate other...
Thaler’s short paper is written to forecast the future of economics. The author states at the top that he will be subject to certain biases and also suggests good reasons why he will be subject to them. But, it turns out that the forecasts themselves are not supported by objective...