The Pacific whiting fishery is one of the most economically important fisheries on the West Coast of the United States, with around $50 million in annual landings. In general, the fishery is highly profitable. “The Blob”, or the large mass of warm water in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean, was first...
The aim of this research is to identify the effort of the Icelandic fishing fleet since 1950 with focus on the cod fishing fleet in Icelandic fishing grounds. Various historical records and citizen research in Iceland provide unique information and do allow for the total reconstruction of the decked vessel...
A central component of any discrete choice analysis is the selection of alternatives that determine a decision agent's choice set. Failure to properly specify choice sets will generate biased parameter estimates, inaccurate behavioral predictions, and erroneous estimates of policy relevant metrics (e.g., welfare effects of closed areas in fisheries). The...
Almost all recent empirical literatures that study the subjective wellbeing of fishers lack of relevant control as they are only based on surveys among fishers. Therefore, they cannot really answer whether being a fisher generate higher or lower life satisfaction, after controlling for other aspects of life. This study is...
Scarcity of wild-caught seafood has incentivized innovation and growth in aquaculture, especially for species that compete directly with wild alternatives. In the global tuna industry, the most pronounced scarcity is associated with bluefin tuna species (Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern, which serve similar markets). Supply-side factors including overfishing and governance challenges...
Recreational marine fishery is crucial for marine economy and the transformation of traditional fishery. In recent years, it runs into development bottleneck and traditional forms need to change. The paper defines the concept of new forms of recreational marine fishery. Based on the “Smiling Curve” theory, the development path of...
Based on stochastic frontier analysis, this paper estimates the technical efficiency of aquaculture in 29 provinces and cities in China from 2007 to 2015. Based on this, the output elasticity of each input factor and the influencing factors of technical efficiency are analyzed. The results show that the whole of...
Large areas along Java’s north coast are threatened by subsidence and abrasion. Subsidence is even faster than sea level rise. Although forbidden by law, farmers have cleared the mangrove forest almost up to the coastline, thus reducing sedimentation and increasing exposure to coastal abrasion. Four interventions are needed: reduce groundwater'...
The study contains a cost benefit analysis of the aquaculture development component of the Fish Farming Enterprise Productivity Program (FFEPP) undertaken for Meru County in Kenya. It focuses on the implementation of the FFEPP undertaken from 2009 up to 2013 and evaluates its benefits and costs against the opportunity cost...
The fisheries sector of Sri Lanka means of livelihood for 2.6 million people and the vast majority of them are involved in small scale fisheries. The study was taken up with the objectives of to identify social &political membership status of small scale fishery value chain members, to assess the...
Using theoretical trade model of generali equilibrium, the paper consider non-cooperative decision of interior solutions of fishery amounts and resource price under integrated market price as constraints. The paper proved non-existence of interior solitions equilibrium under the conditions with very generalized robustness in not only stationary equilibrium but also transition...
The large lakes (Victoria, Albert, Kyoga, George, and Edward), covering 75% of Uganda’s surface area under contribute up to 90% of the capture based fisheries production. Until the late 2000s, the commercial fisheries in these lakes was largely based on species that grow to large sizes (> 20 cm) including;...
Complex social–ecological systems such as small-scale fisheries require the inclusion of human dimensions in fisheries management and planning for simultaneously preserving human health and habitat health. However, linkages between ecological, social, political and economic subsystems have been largely ignored in conventional fisheries management, in Nigeria in particular. Hence, the weak...
Complex social–ecological systems such as small-scale fisheries require the inclusion of human dimensions in fisheries management and planning for simultaneously preserving human health and habitat health. However, linkages between ecological, social, political and economic subsystems have been largely ignored in conventional fisheries management, in Nigeria in particular. Hence, the weak...
This study identifies differences in fishing efficiency of vessels operating in the Nha Trang purse seine fishery in Vietnam. The deterministic DEA methodology is used to assess relative capacity utilization of the fishing fleet. Double bootstrap DEA method is adopted to overcome some of the drawbacks of nonparametric DEA methodology...
In this article I analyse a community-based small scale fisheries management (now becoming a co-management arrangement) for Mbenji Island located in the central part of Lake Malawi through the lenses of the concept of power. The analysis is at the local level where majority of the important actors operate. The...
Any fisheries governance system is made up of policies and institutions in the broad sense of the term that govern the sector. When a system of governance is unsatisfactory, in particular because of the inadequacies and dysfunctions of these policies and institutions, and the way in which public action is...
There are a range of smaller-scale fish farms operating in Ghana producing mainly tilapia and catfish based on extensive (stocking of small reserviours), intensive and semi-intensive (earthen ponds & tanks) techniques. Aquaculture production in Ghana plays a significant role in the economic development of livelihoods of fish farmers and contributes...
This paper presents a deterministic bioeconomic model with a marine protected area (MPA) including both fisheries management and tourism development goals. A weighting parameter is added to the model to allow tradeoffs between management preferences regarding the two sectors affected by the MPA. The theoretical model is illustrated with analysis...
The species-based approach currently implemented in Europe where catch limits (TAC) are set for each stock independently, is not adapted to the management of mixed fisheries that harvest various species. The economic efficiency of those fisheries is often constrained by the existence of « choke species » for which catch...
Most of fish farmed by small scale producers in developing countries is sold directly to local markets without passing through a processing industry. Besides problems related to sanitary requirements, this situation highlights the low added value retained by fish farmers. In Brazil, the integration between small scale fish farmers and...
Women empowerment, an active multidimensional process enabled the women in accessing greater autonomy in decision making , ability to plan their lives. In Kerala women play an important role in the fisheries sector due to their involvement in fishery related activities. Even though women engage in wide range of activities...
Climate change has multi-dimensional impacts on environmental, fisheries, social, economic and development drivers and it necessitates governments in developing appropriate mitigation and adaptation plans. Climate change hot spots –are ‘live labs’ where climate change impacts and its manifestations are observed “first”. The South west India has been recognised as one...
Ocean health is a major concern for coastal communities dependent on the ocean for their livelihood. Recent changes in in ocean health force researchers to examine the factors that influence the decline in ocean health. The paper developed production functions using the Global Ocean Health Index (OHI) for 2014 and...
Drying is affordable preservation method used where poorly developed logistics limit marketing of fresh fish. In Eastern Africa dried Rastrineobola argentea (Dagaa) is an important source of low cost stable dietary protein. The fishery is characterized by high post-harvest losses and products are often of low quality, restricting the sales...
A vessel-based bio-economic model (IAM) is presented and applied to the Bay of Biscay sole fishery to investigate alternative quota management systems from a multi-criteria perspective. For this study, the model integrates several institutional arrangements related to catch share management. The current French co-management system with non-transferability of quota is...
In developing countries, small scale or artisanal fisheries catch data-collection systems, are not performing satisfactorily. This is due to the systems not giving out what is needed for assessing the appropriate fisheries, policy and management decisions, tracking the trends of exploitation of fishery resources and the overall performance of existing...
Climate change has aggravated the marginalized condition of indigenous fishers in the Philippines. It is worth noting, however that the relationship of many indigenous peoples to their natural environment such as the land, the sea, plants and animals incorporates them as part of the same environment. The cultural and religious...
Nigeria’s domestic supply of fishery products falls short of the demand; however, there is a growing aquaculture industry that has come to the rescue in filling the gap between supply and demand. Most of the aquaculture fish farmers are prone to the risk of climate change, since weather and extreme...
Despite the growing popularity of culture-based fisheries (CBFs) associated with village irrigation systems (VISs) in Sri Lanka, there is little knowledge about factors that influence productivity levels. To redress this, primary data from 325 fish farming groups in two districts (Kurunegala and Anuradhapura) are used to estimate a stochastic translog...
Small pelagic fish species are important fisheries resources for food and have valuable contribution in employment creation. The overall objective of this study was to assess the socioeconomic value of small pelagic fishery in Mafia Island. The fishery is artisanal and dominated by men. The dependant on the small pelagic...
The present status and deviations from the classical management practices of composite farming of Indian major carps (IMC) have been investigated in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. Classical six species combination, ratio of IMC and exotic carps were not being followed by any of the farmers as...
Proceedings of the Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, held July 11-15, 2016 at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center (AECC), Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
This paper presents key lessons from development of a transboundary fisheries co-management (TFC) on Lake Chiuta, shared between Malawi and Mozambique. Since the mid-1990s when fisheries co-management was introduced on the Malawian side of the lake, there had been conflicts between fishing communities from both countries. The conflicts mainly centred...
Despite an extensive literature on food-sharing, little attention has been given to the practice in the context of fish harvesting and consumption. We examine it as a possible, almost inadvertent, source of fishery management and we examine its role in trade. Our model is a simple general-equilibrium model of a small costal economy...
Given the complex and often opaque nature of seafood supply chains, port cities can serve as checkpoints within supply chains to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) seafood commodities. Harmonized systems (HS) codes are used at port cities by customs officials to monitor commerce. Concern about IUU activity in capture...
The study examined Fish Value Chain (FVC) in Yola area of Adamawa state, Nigeria. Primary data were collected using questionnaire and were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that female dominate the fish marketing and processing nodes with 79% and 62% respectively while male (77%) dominate the...
In 2014, developing countries were responsible for 56.5% of total value of seafood imported by the EU; however, their import value only grew 56% relative to 1999. During the same period, China, gained over 300% growth in this market. The EU’s General System of Preferences (GSP) scheme provides duty-free or...
The Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea pollock fisheries in the U.S. were certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in February 2005, yet to date little other than anecdotal evidence exists to suggest whether products from these fisheries have gained market benefits relative to uncertified pollock from, for example,...
In the European market for fish European producers compete with international imports which often can be produced at lower costs. That is why imports of fish are gaining market shares and an economically sustainable production of fish in Europe is frequently questioned. When aiming at increasing European production, consumers play...
Price formation of fish in landing market was studied in Japan to examine price discounts of fish species regularly landed in small quantity. It is often told that buyers tend to offer low bidding prices for fish which have small landing amount in a day because handling and shipping costs...
Recently, several studies have investigated price behaviors of aquaculture and wild fisheries products and related the differences in price fluctuations to production technology, and environmental shocks. Researchers have also documented the evidence of asymmetric price responses along the supply chain of seafood products; however, a feature that has received little...
Economic assessment data in agricultural systems at farm level require a substantial methodology in order to assure result reliability. This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a participatory approach which is being used by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) in aquaculture. This methodology consists in gathering technical parameters,...
Brazilian aquaculture is undergoing major transformations which have been changing the whole structure of this sector. Except for the shrimp farming industry - which for years already has a high technology production structure - the majority of the Brazilian aquaculture had been characterized for small producers and low level of...
This paper explores, using an historical example, the challenges that small island economies face when they are heavily invested in one or two productive sectors, and where they have had privileged historical access to the resources that underpin those sectors, and suddenly that access is removed or reduced. The Islands...