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Yellowfin Tuna: A Global and Uk Supply Chain Analysis

Creator:: Garrett, Angus and Brown, Adam
Abstract:: Introduction Tuna is one of the worlds most traded and sought after species of fish. The global tuna market is worth in the region of $6billion and annual catch volumes of around 4 million tonnes. The tuna supply chain is global and it is broad and complex involving multiple stakeholders....
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding

WWF views on the future of eco-labeled fishery products

Creator:: Corsin, Flavio and Villalon, Jose
Abstract:: The rapid growth of the aquaculture sector and its role in supplying fishery products in view of declining capture fisheries has raised both expectations and concerns. Aquaculture is seen as the only way to supply the additional 37 million tonnes of fishery products needed by 2030 to satisfy the growing...
Resource Type:: Other

WWF Experiences in Responsible Aquaculture

Creator:: Corsin, Flavio and Villalon, Jose
Resource Type:: Presentation

Wtp for Artificial Reefs in Florida By Residents, Boat Owners, and the for-Hire Sector

Creator:: Larkin, Sherry, Adams, Charles M., Whitehead, John, and Swett, Robert
Abstract:: Many of the coastal counties in Florida have active artificial reef deployment and monitoring programs. These reef systems have been shown to be an important destination for the marine recreational boating industry, as well as for the for-hire commercial sector (i.e., six-pack charter vessels, guide boats, party/head boats, and dive...
Resource Type:: Other

WTO and Fisheries: An Update

Creator:: Lem, Audun
Abstract:: The outcome of the current multilateral trade negotiations in the Doha Round will have large implications on international fish trade. The author highlights the most likely scenarios in areas such as market access and fisheries subsidies, and outlines the very diverse interests and negotiation positions of WTO members.
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Worldwide Returns to Fisheries Management Expenditures

Creator:: Sumaila, Rashid, Dyck, Andrew, Huang, Ling, and Watson, Reg
Abstract:: The UN Law of the Sea of 1982 assigned rights and responsibilities to the fishery resources within 200 nautical miles of the coast (i.e.,the Exclusive Economic Zones: EEZs) to the adjacent maritime countries. A key responsibility is the requirement that these countries manage their marine living resources sustainably through time...
Resource Type:: Other

Women’s position in blue economy

Creator:: Elapata, Maheshwari and De Silva, D. A. M.
Abstract:: The fisheries sector is a vital oceanic resource that build the core of the Blue Economy. However the realization of the full potential of the Blue Economy calls the requirement of effective inclusion of all societal groups, especially women whose contribution is not well acknowledged. The study focused to investigate...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Women’s position in blue economy

Creator:: Elapata, Maheshwari Sangeetha and De Silva, Achini
Abstract:: The fisheries sector is a vital oceanic resource that build the core of the Blue Economy. However the realization of the full potential of the Blue Economy calls the requirement of effective inclusion of all societal groups, especially women whose contribution is not well acknowledged. The study focused to investigate...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Women's Contribution in Aquaculture Value Chain Development in Nigeria

Creator:: Yarhere, Mabel
Abstract:: The current fish import deficit experienced in Nigeria has reached a level whereby the government has called on all citizens to engage in fish production through aquaculture in both homestead, cottage and industrial levels. The organized private sector, especially groups of women have taken it upon themselves to contribute their...
Resource Type:: Other

Women in Fish Value Chain in Nigeria

Creator:: Cheke, Abiodun
Abstract:: Women in Nigeria play a key and vital role in the Fisheries value chain in Nigeria especially when we look at their involvement in the marine, artisanal and Aquaculture sub-sector of the Fisheries Sector. The women who constitute the greater percentage of the fish mongers/ processors represent the first segment...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Women Fish Processors' Perceptions of Micro-credit by Source in Ondo State, Nigeria

Creator:: Mafimisebi, Ojuotimi and Mafimisebi, T. E.
Abstract:: This study explored how micro-credit benefits women processing cultured catfish into smoked form by obtaining and analyzing their perceptions. The specific objectives included identifying micro-credit sources used, sources preferred and ranking factors considered when deciding on a micro-credit choice. Multi-stage sampling technique was used in selecting 120 processors analyzed. Analytical...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Wind Farming vs Mobile Gear Fishing: is there room for a bargain?

Creator:: Wiersma, Joshua
Abstract:: A private power company, Cape Wind Inc., wants to develop the largest wind farm in United States history off the coast of Cape Cod Massachusetts in a twenty-five square mile area of Nantucket Sound known as Horseshoe Shoal (HSS). However, Cape Wind must compete for the use of this area...
Resource Type:: Other

Willingness to Pay for Seafood Quality Improvement in Taiwan

Creator:: Chuang, Ching-Ta, Chang, Cheng-Ming, and Yeh, Li-Hsien
Abstract:: Seafood inspection and certification has become a trend on international trade. Recent incidences of chemical residues were examined in exporting seafood products which hinder the future export to the European Union and Japan particularly. Hence, the perceptions of seafood quality and safety from a consumer point of view and international...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Willingness to Participate in an Insurance Scheme by Artisanal Fishers in Ghana

Creator:: Agbekpornu, Hayford, Yeboah, Doris, Quaatey, Samuel, Williams, Rosina, Yeboah, Richard, and Issah, Fuseina
Abstract:: This study examines the willingness of canoe owners and crew members to participate in an insurance scheme in Ghana. A total of 386 canoe owners and 164 crew from four (4) coastal regions and the inland lake areas were sampled. Data was collected through semi-structured questionnaires on socio-economic characteristics, canoe...
Resource Type:: Presentation and Research Paper

Will third party certification provide benefits to Australian domestic fisheries?

Creator:: Sen, Sevaly
Abstract:: Some export fisheries in Australia have opted for third party certification to gain or maintain access to export markets. For domestic fisheries, the economic and management benefits of third party certification have yet to be fully demonstrated. However, as a response to community perceptions, competition with other users of the...
Resource Type:: Presentation and Research Paper

Will Soft-boned Milkfish - a Traditional Food Product from Semarang City- INDONESIA - breakthrough the global Market?

Creator:: Agustini, Tri Winarni, Susilowati, Indah, Ari Setyati, Subagyo, and Ari Setyati, Wilis
Abstract:: One of the famous traditional food products from Semarang city is softboned-milkfish (called as bandeng presto). In national level, Bandeng Presto is the trade mark of Semarang City. Bandeng presto are produced by several outlet in Semarang from small to large in scales. The products are vary, in term of...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Will Lower Interest Rates Trap Households as Unskilled Labor in Small-scale Fisheries?

Creator:: Riekhof, Marie-Catherine and Noack, Frederik
Abstract:: Economic growth is accompanied with a shift of labor away from the natural resource sector. In developing countries some people have to leave fisheries as a way of making it possible for those who remain in fisheries to share in the productivity gains of the entire economy. Increased investment in...
Resource Type:: Other

Will innovation in bluefin tuna aquaculture improve conservation of wild-caught bluefin tuna stocks?

Creator:: Karasik, Rachel, Smith, Martin, and Li, Qingran
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Will I clear my feet? Vessel owners’ stay or exit dilemma in a stock recovery situation

Creator:: Curtis, Hazel
Abstract:: This paper presents findings from an investigation into the stay or exit decision of vessel owners in Scottish fisheries subject to stock recovery measures. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 39 vessel owners during and following a vessel buy-back scheme. Empirical results show key factors affecting the decision to stay...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Why the Mexican Oyster Fishery in the Gulf of Mexico Is Underdeveloped?

Creator:: de León, César Arias, Fuentes, Virgilio Arenas, Lango-Reynoso, Fabiola, Bustamante, Marco L. Unzueta, and Morfín, Juan C. Zamorano
Abstract:: The Mexican Oyster fishery in the Gulf of Mexico annually produces only 50,000 MT, 95% of Mexico oyster production. Oyster production has fallen drastically in most coastal lagoons, this decline has been attributed to factors as overfishing, mismanagement of natural oyster beds, environmental degradation and lagoons pollution. This work proposes...
Resource Type:: Other

Why Fish Auctions Differ – Theory and Practise

Creator:: Armstrong, Claire W.
Abstract:: In this paper we will study two auctions for fish found in Norway, and compare them applying auction theoretical assumptions. We will use the revenue equivalence theorem as a basis to explain why these two different auction mechanisms are chosen for the sale of fish. It is shown that the...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding

Why do Swedish Fishermen Leave the Sector?

Creator:: Blomquist, Johan and Waldo, Staffan
Abstract:: An understanding of fishers' decisions to exit or stay in a fishery is important for developing effective policy measures. In this study, we analyze the factors influencing this decision using a large administrative database covering the entire Swedish fisher population, their family ties, and detailed labour market data spanning two...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Why Do Fishermen Comply with Regulations? The Role of Preferences

Creator:: Diekert, Florian, Nøstbakken, Linda, and Richter, Andries
Abstract:: We investigate how individual preferences affect noncompliance in fisheries. We use data from a combined web-based experiment and survey of Norwegian fishermen to empirically analyze this. In the economic experiment, the participants won real money in a set of lotteries based on their answers and lottery outcomes. Based on the...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Why and When Joint 'Exploitation-Ecosystem Dynamics' Models Should be Used

Creator:: Laloë, Francis
Abstract:: Fisheries models are generally built to assess the dynamics of a resource with a given fishing mortality which level can be decided by some “decision maker” and/or which can be an observed process, e.g. times series proportional to some observed values of fishing effort. In these cases, the resource dynamics...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Whom Should the Rent Accrue

Creator:: Matthiasson, Thorolfur
Abstract:: Resource rentals can be viewed as taxes on scarcity rents or as fees for access to use or utilize the resource. The Icelandic Fishery Management Act requires that vessel owners pay a Catch fee (Veiðigjald). This paper discusses how the Catch fee is defined by the Fishery Management Act. Secondly...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Who pays the cost of the reduction of the large scale purse seine vessels?

Creator:: Shibata, Takashi
Abstract:: Skipjack migrates from the equatorial region to the high latitude. Skipjack fishery is mainly exercised by the purse seine vessels. The stock evaluation of the skipjack is plentiful. However, in 2009, the catch of the Japanese offshore skipjack fishery declined. WCPFC Scientific Committee sixth regular session summary report mentioned that...
Resource Type:: Other

Who pay the cost of the reduction of the large scale purse seine vessels?

Creator:: Shibata, Takashi
Abstract:: Skipjack migrates from the equatorial region to the high latitude. Skipjack fishery is mainly exercised by the purse seine vessels. The stock evaluation of the skipjack is plentiful. However, in 2009, the catch of the Japanese offshore skipjack fishery declined. WCPFC Scientific Committee sixth regular session summary report mentioned that...
Resource Type:: Other

Who is responsible for fishery management of perennial reservoirs, Sri Lanka?

Creator:: Kularatne, Mohottala Gedara, Wilson, Clevo, Pascoe, Sean, Amarasingher, Upali Sarath, and De Silva, Sena
Abstract:: A higher dependence on the resources motivates to community participation on resources management. Uses of common property resources are not benefit to each and every person in equal rate of resources since magnitude of the resources extraction depend on the number of criterion. Selecting of the interest group for the...
Resource Type:: Other

When, Where and What to Fish? Fishermen's Behaviour When Choosing Optional Seasonal Profiles

Creator:: Hermansen, Oystein and Eide, Arne
Abstract:: Most fishermen are faced with several options in both long and short term planning of their activity. In this paper we study fishers short term decisions when different seasonal fishery options are available. This involves choices of spatial and temporal allocation of effort as well as use of varying fishing...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

When High Market Prices Sustain the Pressure on Fish Stocks: Ups and Downs of the European Eel Fishery Between 1961 and 2005

Creator:: Bonhommeau, Sylvain and Boude, Jean-Pierre
Abstract:: European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is one of the most important commercial species in France (eel larvae (glass eel) exports to Asia valuing more than 60 million euros in 2005) but also an endangered species with regard to the dropping recruitment. This species is particularly sensitive to oceanographic and climatic factors...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

When "fish" came from the land side: Fisher responses to tsunami relief efforts in South India

Creator:: Bavinck, Maarten and Vivekanandan, V.
Abstract:: To the surprise of government as well as NGOs, village-level caste organizations - or panchayats - played a significant role in the post-tsunami relief effort to fishermen in Tamil Nadu, India. This paper discusses the pro-active role of caste panchayats in relief from the perspective of social resilience, that is...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

What, When, Where and Why: Will It All Change?

Creator:: Sandell, Jane
Abstract:: This document provides an overview of a presentation held during the Industry and Policy Day at the IIFET 2016 Scotland conference in July 2016. The presentation was part of Session A3: Reformed CFP - Implications for Routes to Market. The session was chaired by Marcus Coleman, and the presentation was...
Resource Type:: Presentation

What’s Going to Happen with the CFP Reform Discard Policy?

Creator:: Andersen, Peder, Andersen, Jesper, and Mardle, Simon
Abstract:: The European Common Fisheries Policy Reform includes new discard regulation that is likely to have the greatest impact on fisheries and fleets of any recent regulation. However, there is a distinct lack of data or empirical knowledge available to inform the effects on fleets. This has the potential to result...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

What Willingness to Pay on the French Market for An Ecolabelled Shrimp?

Creator:: Razafimandimby, Haja, Thébaud, Olivier, and Nassiri, Abdelhak
Abstract:: Shrimp is the most important commodity in the world seafood market (in value). Nevertheless shrimp fishing is also one of the most destructive. Its farming is also considered as having negative impacts on the environment. Ecolabelling is a tool used for more environmental responsibility of the industry. It is based...
Resource Type:: Other

What Saved the Whales? An Economic Analysis of 20th Century Whaling

Creator:: Schneider, Viktoria and Pearce, David
Resource Type:: Research Paper

What Kinds of Japanese Strategies are Pareto Improving: The case of Skipjack Tuna fisheries in the Pacific Ocean

Creator:: Higasgida, Keisaku
Abstract:: In the Pacific Ocean, the total catch of skipjack tuna has been increasing rapidly. Then, eight of Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian countries (PNA countries) have concluded a cooperative management of tuna fisheries. Although those countries do not catch a large amount by themselves, the main migrating area is included in...
Resource Type:: Other

What is the demand for farmed fish on the European markets?

Creator:: Girard, Sophie and Mariojouls, Catherine
Abstract:: This paper analyses what are the potential outlets on European markets for new farmed fish. In the first part, the main striking features about the structure and evolution of the European fish trade over the last decade are presented. The analysis of fish imports and exports provides comprehensive data to...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

What Is Behind Fleet Evolution: Application of A Flow Analysis to the French Fisheries

Creator:: Berthou, Patrick, Leblond, Emilie, Daures, Fabienne, Quillérou, Emmanuelle, and Guyader, Olivier
Abstract:: If the study of the fisheries dynamics increasingly seeks to take into account the evolution of fishing fleets, the main mechanisms which govern their evolution at the local, national or international levels, are often not studied at all, or only partially studied. This applies in particular to vessel entry and...
Resource Type:: Other

What Do Mpas Actually Cost Fishers and Are Estimates of forfeited Gross Value of Product An Adequate Proxy Measure?

Creator:: Innes, James, Pascoe, Sean, and Wilcox, Chris
Abstract:: Establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) often results in fishers being displaced from at least some of their existing grounds. A direct consequence of this is that governments may be required to make compensatory payments to the firms that are affected. Experience has demonstrated that these payments can be significant, as...
Resource Type:: Other

What Are We Protecting? the Side-Effects of Spatial Closures As A tool to Mitigate Fisheries Bycatch

Creator:: Abbott, Joshua and Haynie, Alan
Abstract:: In the quest to limit the bycatch of non-target species, marine protected areas (MPAs) have been frequently utilized. MPAs are popular with ecologists and fishery managers because of their relative ease of administration, habitat protection benefits, and the widespread acceptance of MPAs as an instrument of choice for the ecosystem...
Resource Type:: Other

Whaling in The Presence of Ecological and Market Linkages and The Threat of Boycotts

Creator:: Herrera, Guillermo and Hoagland, Porter
Abstract:: The activity of commercial whaling is contentious, drawing the ire of animal rights and conservation groups who threaten boycotts of whaling nations' products. Whaling also has opportunity costs: in addition to existence value, whales provide nonextractive use values, i.e. whale watching. On the other hand, proponents of whaling argue many...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Wetland ecosystem-a study on fish-aquatic food crops diversity for enhancing productivity and economic stability for fish-farm families in Indian subtropics

Creator:: Puste, Anandamoy, Sarkar, Pranab Kumar, and Das, Dilip Kumar
Abstract:: An intensive case study was undertaken at the farm fisheries from during wet months under NAZ of Indian subtropics for characterization and integrated utilization of Tal wetland ecosystem through pisciculture [Live (magur - Clarias batrachus & singi - Heteropneustes fossilis) and sweet water fishes (rohu - Labeo rohita & Katla...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Western Rock Lobster Fishery: A Case Study in Fisheries Management - From Success? to Recruitment Failure? and Where to Now?

Creator:: McLeod, Paul, Lindner, Bob, McElroy, James Kevin, and Nicholls, John
Abstract:: Australia’s western rock lobster fishery is its most valuable and hence from a biological perspective most tightly managed major commercial fishery, yet it has been beset by problems of miniscule recruitment over the past 3 years. This coming year 2010-11 is little better. It was the joint first Marine Stewardship...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

West Africa Fisheries and Seafood Bio-economic Assessment Model: Phase II Development Project, Model Version 6.2

Creator:: Sylvia, Gil and Davis, Shannon
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Wellbeing in small-scale fishing communities in South Africa

Creator:: Mbatha, Philile, Coulthard, Sarah, and Rohe, Janne
Abstract:: Coastal resources play a significant role in supporting the livelihoods and contributing to the wellbeing of marginalised communities in South Africa. Through an analysis of four small-scale-fishing communities in South Africa, this research sought to understand how and why benefits arising from the use of coastal resources in the fisheries...
Resource Type:: Other

Well-Being and Fishery Governance

Creator:: Charles, Anthony, Allison, Edward H., Chuenpagdee, Ratana, and Mbatha, Philile
Abstract:: This paper provides summaries of presentations at a special session of IIFET 2012 that explored the potential value of a ‘wellbeing’ approach in small-scale fisheries, drawing on insights from the Governing Small-Scale Fisheries for Wellbeing and Resilience project. The research aimed to apply wellbeing concepts to both better understand fishery...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Welfare implications of EU enlargement: the case of East Baltic cod

Creator:: Nielsen, Max
Abstract:: Recent research has warned that liberalising trade in capture fishery products originating from inefficient managed fisheries might cause over-exploitation, reduced fish stocks and thereby reduced steady state welfare. This paper qualifies the warning in a case study of the East Baltic cod market by introducing a quantitative supply model of...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

Welfare Impacts of Fisheries Co-management System at Oxbow Lakes in Bangladesh

Creator:: Jahan, Khondker Murshed-e, Abdullah, Nik Mustapha R., and Viswanathan, K. Kuperan
Abstract:: Fisheries co-management starts with the premise that stakeholders have the innate capacity to improve resource condition as well as the welfare of the society. If this is true, there is a need for rapid and substantial devolution of fisheries management institutions. The main purpose of this study was to examine...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding

Welfare Effects of Random Fishery Closures

Creator:: Baggio, Michele and Lichtenberg, Erik
Abstract:: This paper investigates the welfare effects of random closures in a fishery operating under open access. At each point in time, a fishery is facing the probability of an extreme event that impairs fishing activities but has no direct impact on the fish population. Examples include massive blooms of dinoflagellates...
Resource Type:: Other

Welfare Effects of Fisheries Boom in Lake Victoria

Creator:: Eggert, Håkan, Greaker, Mads, and Kidane, Asmerom
Abstract:: In this paper we try to assess the welfare implications of the Tanzanian fisheries boom following from the increase in quantities and prices of the Lake Victoria Nile perch export primarily to Europe over the last twenty years. We have a micro level perspective using data from a 1993 World...
Resource Type:: Research Paper

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