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Exploration of Non-Monetary Benefits of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Certification, Lessons from the Developing World

Creator:: Zepeda Domínguez, Jose Alberto, Torre-Cosio, Jorge, and José Espinosa-Romero, María
Abstract:: Eco-labels have been developed to face the difficulties faced by States in managing fisheries. They promote the voluntary adoption of sustainable practices, through market differentiation of sustainably produced items. In fisheries, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is the most commonly used eco-label. The label is presumed to increase the social and...
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Data Collection and Measurement in the Northeast US

Creator:: Rountree, Barbara
Abstract:: The Resource Evaluation and Assessment Division’s Social Sciences Branch (SSB) in the NOAA Northeast region is preparing for an external review in 2017 to evaluate its programs alignment between the strategic objectives of SSB, NEFSC, NMFS, and NOAA. In previous SSB and NEFSC wide reviews, much attention has been drawn...
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Economic Assessment of the Biological Dynamics of Florida’s Commercial Snapper-Grouper Fishery

Creator:: Stevens, Molly, Ault, Jerald, Smith, Steve, and Agar, Juan
Abstract:: The goal of this research was to characterize the trade-offs between profitability and sustainability when managing a valuable commercial fishery. The Florida finfish fishery generates over $75 million in annual dockside value; the snapper-grouper complex constitutes over half of that total. Currently, federal stock assessment procedures focus on stock size...
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Alternative Livelihoods for a Diversified, Blue-Green Economy

Creator:: Mesnick, Sarah
Abstract:: This presentation provides an overview of a Special Session presentation held at the NAAFE Forum 2017 in March, 2017. The title of the special session was: Saving the World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal. The session was organized by Oriana Poindexter.
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Fishery Participation and Location Choice: The West Coast Salmon Fishery

Creator:: Vasquez Caballero, Smit, Sylvia, Gilbert, and Holland, Dan
Abstract:: A behavioral study on fishery participation and fishing location choice for the West Coast Salmon fishermen was undertaken to determine the effect of salmon fishery closures on the distribution of fishermen across alternative fisheries and fishing locations. A dataset describing fishing trips from West Coast salmon vessels from 2005 to...
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Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Efforts in the United States and Beyond: An Introduction to this Special Session

Creator:: Kosaka, Rosemary
Abstract:: This talk will introduce this special session on coastal and marine spatial planning (MSP). An overview of how MSP is interpreted and implemented in the United States at different geographic scales will be discussed. An emphasis on data and research needs will be given as well as context for the...
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A New Theory of Change for the Sustainable Seafood Movement

Creator:: Uchida, Hirotsugu, Roheim, Kathy, Bush, Simon, Sanchirico, James, Asche, Frank, and Zou, Chao
Abstract:: This paper is the result of a project that began with NAAFE 2015 special session on Fisheries Certification, which asked what forces are driving the market for sustainable seafood. Many previous studies looked at consumers' demand, but in this paper we looked at the entire supply chain (from producers to...
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Cooperative Management of Trans-Boundary Fish Stocks: Implications for Tropical Tuna Management in the Pacific Island Region

Creator:: Tokunaga, Kanae
Abstract:: The trans-boundary migration of fish stocks creates spatial externalities, and hence, makes international cooperation beneficial. This study provides a model for the management of straddling and highly migratory fish stocks and examines the relationship between fish migrations and the benefits from cooperation. Previous studies on trans-boundary fish stock management have...
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The Economic Viability of Small- vs. Large-Scale Fisheries: An Example from Mexico

Creator:: Schuhbauer, Anna, Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés, and Sumaila, U. Rashid
Abstract:: Achieving economic viability is an important goal when it comes to developing policies for sustainable fisheries management, especially for small-scale fisheries (SSF). SSF are vital for many coastal communities, however, often economically and politically marginalized. Here, we develop and estimate what we denote as ‘basic economic viability’ of SSF, using...
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The Value of Eco-Labels through Revealed Consumer Preferences for Seafood in San Diego County

Creator:: Poindexter, Oriana
Abstract:: Seafood markets are the inflection point in the fish-to-food transformation, and act as windows into revealed consumer preferences for seafood selection. These preferences have far-reaching implications for fisheries management, food security, and marine conservation. This study reveals consumer preferences for seafood in San Diego County by quantifying the relationship between...
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Pace Vaquita

Creator:: Avila, Sara
Abstract:: This presentation provides an overview of a Special Session presentation held at the NAAFE Forum 2017 in March, 2017. The title of the special session was: Saving the World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal. The session was organized by Oriana Poindexter.
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Using Choice Models to Inform Marine Spatial Planning: A Case Study of Marine Protected Area Designs off the U.S. West Coast

Creator:: Wallmo, Kristy and Kosaka, Rosemary
Abstract:: Marine spatial planning (MSP) is a process that planners can use to make decisions about different, sometimes conflicting, ocean uses. The process is intended to be participatory and to facilitate the sharing of information about multiple uses of the marine environment. In the U.S. an important component of MSP is...
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Distributional Performance of a Territorial Use Right and Co-Managed Small-Scale Fishery Targeting a Metapopulation Using Artificial Shelters

Creator:: Villanueva-Poot, Raul, Seijo, Juan Carlos, Headley, Maren, and Cuevas Jiménez, Alfonso
Abstract:: This work reports on how resource rent is distributed among owners of exclusive fishing grounds in the spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) fishery of Punta Allen, Mexico. This MSC certified small-scale fishery is co-managed through Territorial User Rights. Members of the local fishing cooperative, have exclusive access to individual fishing grounds....
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Securing Women's Rights and Livelihoods

Creator:: Williams, Jordan, Smith, Sarah, and Rife, Alexis
Abstract:: The UN Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Small-scale Fisheries, along with the Voluntary Guidelines for Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests, recognize the role of secure tenure in ensuring the livelihoods, well-being, and basic human rights of small-scale fishing (SSF) communities. Rights-based management (RBM), which works to secure...
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The Round Table of Mexican Fisheries: Fisheries Governance Examples from Northwestern Mexico

Creator:: Zepeda Domínguez, Jose Alberto, Zetina-Rejón, Manuel, Espinoza-Tenorio, Alejandro, Ponce-Díaz, Germán, Arreguín-Sánchez, Francisco, and Lluch-Belda, Daniel
Abstract:: Fisheries management currently claims for fisheries governance (FG), a more balanced scheme that proposes to share the power among government, civil society and economics. In Mexico and other developing countries, the lack of operational regulations has delayed its implementation. Several authors state that topological analysis is useful to identify key...
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Potential Impacts of Proposed Changes to the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper IFQ Program

Creator:: Ropicki, Andrew and Larkin, Sherry
Abstract:: The Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper IFQ Program (Program) was the first catch share management program implemented in the Gulf of Mexico. IFQ management was implemented to reduce overcapacity and eliminate the problems associated with derby style fishing. The Program was successful, the number of vessels harvesting red snapper decreased...
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Market-Based Incentives for Vaquita Conservation

Creator:: Squires, Dale
Abstract:: The vaquita, a critically endangered marine mammal, is a bycatch to shrimp strawl and gillnet fisheries in the upper Gulf of California. Reducing vaquita bycatch, however, is complex. The fisheries are smaller-scale and major contributors of income and employment to coastal communities. Although tourism is increasingly important, fishing remains an...
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Fisheries Subsidies: Why Should You Care About Them?

Creator:: Sumaila, U. Rashid
Abstract:: The objective of this paper is to provide an analysis of the current state of fisheries subsidies worldwide, and how they are likely to affect the sustainability of fisheries. More specifically, I will review previous investigations of global subsidies issues, and give a brief overview of the impact of subsidies...
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Ecosystem Service Valuation: A U.S. Policy Context

Creator:: Wallmo, Kristy
Abstract:: In the last several years a number of U.S. policies and directives have laid the foundation for Ecosystem Service Valuation (ESV) to be incorporated into ecosystem-based management (EBM), the current management paradigm for U.S. oceans and coasts. In 2010 the Final Recommendations of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force instructed...
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Who Opposes ITQs?

Creator:: Sutherland, Sara
Abstract:: When evaluating potential government interventions economists often consider whether a proposed policy is efficient. However, changes in policy can also result in changes in wealth. When politically influential individuals or groups see losses, efficient policies can become politically infeasible even if they increase wealth in aggregate. This paper examines political...
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Vaquita Conservation Efforts

Creator:: Sanjurjo, Enrique
Abstract:: This presentation provides an overview of a Special Session presentation held at the NAAFE Forum 2017 in March, 2017. The title of the special session was: Saving the World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal. The session was organized by Oriana Poindexter.
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Reforming Fisheries Subsidies

Creator:: Sanjurjo, Enrique and Hernandez Trejo, Victor
Abstract:: Fisheries subsidies have been roughly estimated to be as high as $35 billion worldwide, of which about $20 billion have been categorized as capacity-enhancing subsidies that directly contribute to overfishing. Since 2001, the necessity for reforming fishing subsidies has been part of the discussions in the World Trade Organization (WTO)....
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Vaquita Friendly Strategy

Creator:: Rodriguez, Ramses
Abstract:: This presentation provides an overview of a Special Session presentation held at the NAAFE Forum 2017 in March, 2017. The title of the special session was: Saving the World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal. The session was organized by Oriana Poindexter.
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Reference Points for Vulnerable Fish Species Based on Bioeconomic Age-Structured Models: An Approach for Totoaba macdonaldi

Creator:: Rodríguez-García, Oswaldo Uriel, De Anda-Montañez, Juan Antonio, Valenzuela-Quiñonez, Fausto, Hernández-Flores, Alvaro, Salas-Márquez, Silvia, and María Da-Rocha, José
Abstract:: Management objectives of vulnerable fish species must focus on maintaining healthy population status. Hence, reference points should be constrained to ensure recruitment. We assessed bioeconomic reference points for the totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi), an endemic fish to the Gulf of California, reaching lengths of 2 m and 25 years. Totoaba fishing...
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Commercial Fishing Behavior under Changing Ocean Conditions: Spatial Analysis of the US West Coast Salmon Fishery

Creator:: Speir, Cameron and Thomas-Smyth, Alice
Abstract:: In this paper we characterize changes in the level and spatial distribution of fishing effort during the extreme ocean temperature event known by oceanographers, climate scientists, and the public as “the Blob.” The Blob was an unprecedented marine heatwave that occurred off of the Pacific Coast of North America from...
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The New Fisheries Catch Shares Program in Argentina: Balancing Efficiency and Equity Objectives in Rights-Based Management Systems

Creator:: Stefanksi, Stephanie
Abstract:: While rights-based management is generally purported enhance economic efficiency in fisheries and reduce over-capitalization, the social and economic outcomes due to this regulatory regime are less comprehensively understood. Relatively recently, industrialized and export-oriented Latin American fisheries began adopting individual transferable quota (ITQ) regimes to recover collapsed fish stocks. While these...
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Explaining Heterogeneity in Responses to Seafood Information Campaigns

Creator:: Weir, Michael and Uchida, Hirotsugu
Abstract:: Recently, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) recommended that pregnant and nursing women consume at least 8 to 12 ounces of seafood per week as part of a well-balanced diet. Thus, the seafood market has been flooded with health benefit/risk information targeted at women...
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Applying a Bioeconomic Model to Recreational Fisheries Management in the Northeast U.S.: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Plain Ugly

Creator:: Steinback, Scott, Lee, Min-Yang, and Wallmo, Kristy
Abstract:: This research combines a utility-theory consistent model of demand for recreational fishing trips with an age-structured stock dynamics model to provide policy relevant advice to managers of the groundfish fishery in the Northeast United States. We provide an overview of the model and describe the challenges encountered with using this...
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A Double Hurdle Application of Fishermen’s Catch Sales Through Fish Mothers in Ghana

Creator:: Quagrainie, Kwamena and Chu, Jingjie
Abstract:: A significant proportion of catch by artisanal fishers in Ghana is sold through wealthy middle-women, known as “fish mothers,” who often pre-finance fishing trips. This study examined the determinants of catch sales through fish mothers. Data used came from artisanal fishermen at major coastal fishing communities in Ghana. The effects...
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The Economic Impacts of Emerging Diseases in Shrimp Aquaculture: Insights from a Multi-Year, Global Survey of the Industry

Creator:: Valderrama, Diego, Anderson, James, and Jory, Darryl
Abstract:: Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND), initially referred to as early mortality syndrome (EMS), is an emergent bacterial disease that has resulted in substantial economic losses for the global shrimp farming industry. Its occurrence was first reported in China in 2009, rapidly spreading to Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and eventually Mexico in...
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Least-Cost Bycatch Reduction Through the Biodiversity Mitigation Hierarchy

Creator:: Squires, Dale and Garcia, Serge
Abstract:: The Biodiversity Impact Mitigation (BIM) hierarchy provides an overarching conservation framework for bycatch reduction, and more broadly for biodiversity conservation. This framework includes four steps, which are implemented sequentially to: (i) avoid and (ii) minimize impacts; (iii) rehabilitate/restore impacted biodiversity; and (iv), compensate such impacts, usually elsewhere. The first three steps...
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Determinants of Efficiency in a Mixed Fishing Fleet: A Mexican Case Study

Creator:: Salas-Márquez, Silvia, Quijano-Quinones, Daniel, and Monroy-García, Carmen
Abstract:: Influence of the Skipper Effect in fishing efficiency of a mixed fishing fleet, looking at a Mexican case study. Understanding the factors that define technical efficiency in a fleet is a requirement to define strategies to regulate the fishing pressure. In industrial and semi-industrial fleets more weight has been given...
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Saving the World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal: Role of Economic Incentives

Creator:: Mesnick, Sarah
Abstract:: This presentation provides an overview of a Special Session presentation held at the NAAFE Forum 2017 in March, 2017. The title of the special session was: Saving the World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal. The session was organized by Oriana Poindexter.
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Impacts of the 2008-2009 US West Coast Salmon Ocean Fishery Closure on Salmon Troll Vessels

Creator:: Richerson, Kate and Holland, Dan
Abstract:: As anthropogenic changes interact with natural climate cycles, the variability of marine ecosystems is likely to increase. This variability influences the behaviour of fishers, which can affect the profitability and sustainability of stocks and may have wider economic and ecological effects. We use data from the US West Coast salmon...
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An Analysis of Bioeconomic Tradeoffs in Vaquita Conservation Policies

Creator:: Sainz, Jade
Abstract:: This presentation provides an overview of a Special Session presentation held at the NAAFE Forum 2017 in March, 2017. The title of the special session was: Saving the World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal. The session was organized by Oriana Poindexter.
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Catch Quotas for the Pacific Hake Fishery in the Gulf of California

Creator:: Ramirez-Rodriguez, Mauricio
Abstract:: Fishing for Pacific Hake Merluccius productus in the Gulf of California is carried out by shrimp trawlers. When the shrimp fishing season ends, these boats shift to catching Pacific Hake and other finfish. The Pacific Hake fishery is relatively new and has the potential to grow as an industry. Therefore,...
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Subsidies and Other Economic Controls, and Their Implications to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty

Creator:: Miller, Scott
Abstract:: The South Pacific Tuna Treaty has existed as a model of international fishery cooperation since 1988. However, in 2016, changing economic conditions led to an impasse between United States purse seine interests and the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) over payment of vessel day fees. The impasse resulted in the United...
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The Bigger, the Better? Spacial Externalities, Economies of Scale, and Consolidation in the Norwegian Fish Farming Industry

Creator:: Nøstbakken, Linda
Abstract:: Early studies of economies of scale show that ownership limitations imposed large costs on salmon farming firms prior to the deregulation of the industry in 1991. Since then a number of mergers and acquisitions have taken place and the industry has become far more concentrated. Despite this, a number of...
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Trade in Fishing Services

Creator:: Munro, Gordon, Kobayashi, Mimako, and Cunningham, Stephen
Abstract:: While the importance of international trade in fish products has long been recognized, international trade in fishing services (TIFS), involving harvesting, processing, transportation and marketing has received but little attention. Yet, one half of the world’s EEZs involve foreign fishing arrangements, resulting in such trade. The World Bank report, Trade...
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The Price of Lobster, Forecasts and Simulation in a ARDL- Bounds Testing Framework

Creator:: Gordon, Daniel
Abstract:: Economists have long been interested in empirically modelling/forecasting the price of staple commodities using both structural and reduced form models. The purpose of this paper is to apply Pesaran’s Autoregressive Distributed Lag/ Error-Correction Bounds model for forecasting the ex-vessel price of lobster on the east coast of Canada using monthly...
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A Qualitative Risk Assessment of Hookah Diving as Fishing Technology in Small-Scale Fisheries

Creator:: Huchim, Oswaldo and Seijo, Juan Carlos
Abstract:: In many small-scale fisheries around the world, hookah diving is the main fishing method and gear to catch high-value species like sea urchin, sea cucumber, queen conch and spiny lobster. Decompression sickness (DCS) and carbon monoxide poisoning (COP) are diseases related to hookah diving and are the cause of non-fatal and...
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Evaluating the Economic Benefits of Catch Share Management in the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery: Preliminary Results

Creator:: Liese, Christopher and Overstreet, Liz
Abstract:: It has long been argued that the Gulf of Mexico commercial reef fish fishery would benefit economically by being managed by “a system of tradable harvest permits” (Weninger and Waters 2003; Waters 2001). Between 2007 and 2010, all the major species in this fishery were transitioned into catch share management,...
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Fisher Responses to Variability in the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery

Creator:: Haynie, Alan and Watson, Jordan
Abstract:: Pollock recruitment and biomass in the Bering Sea has fluctuated in concert with environmental changes since the early 2000s. As pollock spatial distributions, densities, and abundances varied, fishers have adjusted their fishing behavior. Utilizing ~30,000 trips made by Bering Sea pollock catcher vessels from 2003 – 2014, we found strong...
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Economic Assessment of Small Scale Longline Fisheries in Oaxaca, Mexico: A Cross Section Data Approach

Creator:: Hernandez Trejo, Victor, Rodriguez, Alejandro, Sanjurjo, Enrique, and Cerdenares-Ladrón, Genoveva
Abstract:: During last decade, the excluding efficiency of circle hooks for sea turtle has given positive and successful outcomes in Oaxaca, Mexico. The research seeks: 1) determine if the change of fishing gear provides positive benefits to local small scale longline fishermen, 2) estimate the benefit and cost functions, 3) determine...
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Measuring the Value of Forage Fish to Recreational Fishermen

Creator:: Hutniczak, Barbara, Lipton, Doug, and Townsend, Howard
Abstract:: Fisheries management has been traditionally single-species oriented. Only recently more pressure has been put on developing a holistic, science-based approach that considers the ecosystem as a whole. This approach is widely known as ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM). One of the most often highlighted aspects of EBFM is the relevance of predator-prey...
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Common Property Resources, Property Rights and Natural Disasters

Creator:: Molina, Renato
Abstract:: Property rights are the foundation of institutions that shape economic decisions ranging from individual transactions to the performance of a country’s economy. The incentives generated by the institutions in place also translate into measures of vulnerability and recovery in the face of natural disasters. Using the example of Chilean fisheries...
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The Impact of Sea Lice Treatments on the Unit Production Costs of Salmon Growth Centers: Evidence from Chilean Aquaculture

Creator:: Dresdner Cid, Jorge, Chávez, Carlos, and Quiroga, Miguel
Abstract:: Proceedings of the 2017 Forum of the North American Association of Fisheries Economists, held March 22-24, 2017 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
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The Sport FPIs: A New Instrument in the FPI Toolbox

Creator:: Garlock, Taryn, Anderson, James, and Asche, Frank
Abstract:: The Fishery Performance Indicators (FPIs) have been successfully applied to commercial fisheries around the globe and have uncovered key insights into fishery management success. We developed an extension of the FPIs to consider performance of recreational fisheries. The Sport FPIs were developed through multiple iterations of consulting, piloting and revision...
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Ecosystem Service Values and the Klamath River Dam Removal

Creator:: Kosaka, Rosemary
Abstract:: In February 2010, two agreements were finalized by Federal, State, and Tribal governments and PacifiCorp, a utility company that owns dams on the Klamath River: the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement (KBRA) and the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement (Settlement Agreement). These agreements included provisions that would affect the Klamath River Basin...
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The NOAA Science Board Report on Ecosystem Services Valuation and Its Implications

Creator:: Lipton, Douglas
Abstract:: In May 2016, the NOAA Science Advisory Board, Ecosystem Services and Management Working Group, submitted a report to the NOAA Administrator entitled, An Assessment of the Use and Potential Use of Ecosystem Service Valuation (ESV) within NOAA: A Report from the NOAA Science Advisory Board”. While the report covers all...
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How Biological Data Has Contributed to Management Plans in the Bay of La Paz: Los Islotes Sea Lion Rookery as Case of Study

Creator:: Labrada Martagón, Vanessa
Abstract:: Los Islotes is the southernmost breeding site of the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) in Northern Hemisphere and represents one of the most important economic activities for the city of La Paz, Mexico. The increasing tourism activity grew without any control until researchers and organizations started to be concerned about...
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Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Fisheries in the Arctic

Creator:: Liu, Yajie, Lam, Vicky, and Cheung, William
Abstract:: This paper is to investigate how climate change affect fisheries resources and economic performance of fishing sector and coastal communities in the Arctic with a focus on Svalbard Fisheries Protection Zone. Climate change is projected to alter the productivity of our oceans, the distribution, abundance, composition, quality and quantity of marine...
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At the Mercy of the Sea or Rational Profit-Speculators: Offshore Fishermen in Taiwan

Creator:: Liu, Xiaozi, Heino, Mikko, and Shaw, Daigee
Abstract:: We investigated the own- and cross-price elasticity of supply (PES) of 20 fish and shellfish species, caught in mixed fisheries off southwestern Taiwan and serving the local fresh seafood market. Because the licensed fishermen face little regulation constraining their behavior, we hypothesize that they adjust their catch profiles so as...
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Spatiotemporal Bio-Economic Performance of Artificial Shelters in a Small Scale Rights-Based Managed Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) Fishery

Creator:: Headley, Maren, Seijo, Juan Carlos, Hernández, Alvaro, Cuevas Jiménez, Alfonso, and Villanueva-Poot, Raul
Abstract:: The study presents a bioeconomic analysis of artificial shelter performance in a fishery targeting a spiny lobster meta-population, with spatially allocated, individual exclusive benthic property rights for shelter introduction and harvest of species. Insights into fishers’ short-run decisions and fishing strategies are also provided. Spatiotemporal bioeconomic performance of shelters located...
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Estimating Recreation Benefits Through Joint Estimation of Revealed and Stated Preference Discrete Choice Data

Creator:: Lew, Dan and Whitehead, John
Abstract:: We develop econometric models to jointly estimate revealed preference (RP) and stated preference (SP) models of recreational fishing behavior and preferences using survey data from the 2007 Alaska Saltwater Sportfishing Economic Survey. The RP data are from site choice survey questions, and the SP data are from a discrete choice...
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Predicting the Effects of Angler Regulation off Washington and Oregon using Discrete Choice Surveys and Stock Assessments

Creator:: Nowlis, Josh, Anderson, Leif, and Hamel, Owen
Abstract:: The effects of regulations on recreational fishers are especially difficult to predict. Data lags typically prevent in-season management, so regulations restrict aspects of individual fishing activity in the hopes of achieving collective catch limits. This study began with discrete choice surveys to elicit angler preferences among various types of fishing...
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Co-Management of a Recreational Fishery with a Social-Ecological Approach

Creator:: Palomo, Leopoldo and Hernández Flores, Dr. Alvaro
Abstract:: Most regulations for recreational fishing in Mexico focus primarily on offshore boat fishing. However, regulations for inshore recreational fishing in Mexico are insufficient. Every year hundreds of European and American fishermen visit Punta Allen, Mexico to practice fly-fishing. Punta Allen is a coastal village located in the Sian Ka'an Biosphere...
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Approaches for Tackling Uncertainty in Benefit Transfer: An Application to Coral Reef Valuation

Creator:: Fitzpatrick, Luke, Parmeter, Christopher, and Agar, Juan
Abstract:: Proceedings of the 2017 Forum of the North American Association of Fisheries Economists, held March 22-24, 2017 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
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Ecosystem Services Valuation: An Overview of Methods, Values, and Applications

Creator:: Lew, Dan
Abstract:: The literature on ecosystem service valuation has grown considerably in the past decade as nations around the world have moved towards adopting more holistic, systems-level frameworks to managing both marine and terrestrial resources, ones recognizing and accounting for the interconnectedness of all parts of the ecosystem. In these frameworks, economic...
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Confidence of the Trembling Hand: Bayseian Learning with Data Poor Stocks

Creator:: Holzer, Jorge and Qu, Qian
Abstract:: Management of data-poor fisheries typically relies on setting an annual catch limit (ACL) using catch-based methods that are concerned with estimating a sustainable harvest and hinge on the logic that historic catches reflect a level of exploitation the stock can sustain. The resulting harvest control rules routinely set ACLs at...
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How to Assess the Spatial Representation of Fishery's Revenues? A Method Comparison

Creator:: Muench, Angela and DePiper, Geret
Abstract:: Maps of fishing locations are important in assessing fishery exposure to management alternatives and facilitates stakeholder outreach (e.g. the New England Fishery Management Council’s Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2, http://www.nefmc.org/library/omnibus-habitat-amendment-2 and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Amendment 16 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan, https://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/regs/2016/September/16msbamend16ea.pdf). Fishing location...
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Transboundary Marine Protected Areas

Creator:: Molina, Renato and Costello, Chris
Abstract:: Countries exploiting transboundary fisheries face strong incentives for over- exploitation. This basic economic insight has been validated empirically; transboundary fisheries tend to be in worse condition than fisheries in single nations. Thus, transboundary fisheries pose a significant, and globally ubiquitous, management challenge. Attempts to solve this challenge through cross-country cooperation...
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Fishermen's Location Choice under Spatio-Temporal Update of Expectations

Creator:: Hutniczak, Barbara and Munch, Angela
Abstract:: Information acquired by fishermen while fishing play a crucial role in their decision-making process. Those are used to form the basis for update of beliefs on productivity of a range of available fishing grounds while acting in an uncertain environment. In this paper, we focus on the formation of fishermen's...
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Trends in Fish Price Volatility: Icelandic Whitefish

Creator:: Jonsson, Erlendur, Dahl, Roy Endré, and Asche, Frank
Abstract:: For centuries, the Icelandic people has relied on its abundance of natural resources and fisheries in particular. In today’s volatile and homogenous economy of Iceland, fisheries is one of its main export industries, together with power-intensive manufacturing and tourism. Consequently, movements in fish prices have a significant effect on the economy...
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Modelling a Small-Scale Sea Cucumber Fishery in Yucatan

Creator:: Hernández-Flores, Alvaro
Abstract:: The status of many sea cucumber fisheries in the world is overexploited. Some of the reasons are: an increase in demand from China, the distance of these fisheries to China, and the high rate of fisheries development. Most sea cucumber fisheries are small-scale with a simple management system. To overcome overexploitation,...
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Data and Information Needs for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning: A Washington State Case Study

Creator:: Niles, Corey
Abstract:: Washington state is currently developing a marine spatial plan for its outer coast under a mandate from its Legislature. One key mandate for the plan involves mapping areas that have “high potential for renewable energy production with minimal potential for conflicts with existing uses and sensitive environments.” Fisheries are a...
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Asymmetric Information and Distributional Impacts in New ITQ Markets

Creator:: Grainger, Corbett, Nøstbakken, Linda, and Close, Brett
Abstract:: One of the main concerns surrounding the transition to individual transferable quota (ITQs) is that it could have adverse distributional consequences. Some fisheries, such as the West Coast Groundfish fishery, have implemented moratoria on permanent transfers due to a concern that large-scale firms could take advantage of smaller-scale by not...
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How Can Analysis of Ex-Vessel Value Data Contribute to Management of a Commercial Marine Fishery?

Creator:: Galligan, Monica, Pomeroy, Caroline, and Reilly, Paul
Abstract:: As part of an effort to characterize the dynamics of the small-scale commercial fishery for California halibut, we were provided access to a large, multi-faceted data set. The landings data included price per pound, along with multiple factors that could influence that price. We combined fishery participants’ knowledge with statistical...
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Commercial Fishing Business Cost Data Collection in the Northeast United States: Changes and Challenges

Creator:: Murphy, Tammy and Bailey, Megan
Abstract:: Information on the total costs associated with commercial fishing is essential to quantitative estimation of fisheries performance measures that indicate the fleet’s economic health over time as biological, management and cost conditions change. NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) collects fixed and labor costs on a periodic basis through voluntary...
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Collection of U.S. Commercial Fisheries Costs

Creator:: Kitts, Andrew
Abstract:: The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, and its precursor agency, has collected information about the cost of commercial fishing since the 1950’s. The efforts were intermittent and geographically sporadic until 2000 when a systematic approach was developed and supported by ongoing budgetary commitments. Information about which fisheries within each region...
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Case Study: California Fisheries Fund

Creator:: Higgins, Phoebe
Abstract:: The California Fisheries Fund (CFF) launched in 2008 as a public-private initiative aimed at demonstrating how to make financial investments in a growing, sustainable commercial fishing industry. Since then, CFF has operated as a nonprofit revolving loan fund, extending 34 loans totaling more than $4.2 million. CFF’s initial business model...
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Socio-Economic Analysis of the Results of Implementing a Rights-Based Management System in a Small-Scale Fishery in the Gulf of California: The Gulf Curvina

Creator:: Ortiz-Rodríguez, Rafael, Yee-Sánchez, Silvia, Fraire-Cervantes, José A., Olivares-Bañuelos, Nadia Citlali, Licón-González, Héctor, and Rodríguez-Harker, Laura F.
Abstract:: Annual socio-economic surveys, pared with third-party landing monitoring data, have allowed a multi-year analysis of the economic impacts and perceptions of implementing an individual vessel quota rights-based management system in the gulf corvina (Cynoscion othonopterus) fishery. This fishery is targeted by four communities, including an indigenous one, in the Upper...
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Fish or Flight: The Impact of Transferable Permits on the Migration Decisions of Rural Alaskan Salmon Harvesters

Creator:: Meredith, Jennifer
Abstract:: This research incorporates unique household survey data and a discrete shift in fisheries management into a model of migration in order to analyze the drivers of outmigration in rural Alaskan communities that traditionally depend on fisheries for income. Although there is evidence that a transition to rights-based management decreases the...
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Introduction to the Fishery Performance Indicators

Creator:: Garlock, Taryn, Anderson, James, Anderson, Chris, Chu, Jingjie, and Meredith, Jennifer
Abstract:: The sustainability of fish stocks, fishery-derived income and well-being of dependent communities are interrelated and sustainable socio-ecological systems require an understanding of all three. A newly developed evaluation tool addressing these three important facets of fishery systems is the Fishery Performance Indicators (FPIs). The FPIs were designed to associate fishery...
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Investment Impact Evaluation: A World Bank Project in Liberia

Creator:: Garlock, Taryn, Chu, Jingjie, and Asche, Frank
Abstract:: A number of fisheries development projects are undertaken every year in recognition of the important role fisheries play in many coastal communities. The objectives and emphasis varies, but typically goes beyond a limited focus on fisheries management and the ecosystem to include essential economic and social impacts. This makes it...
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Evolving Bycatch Risk in the Pacific Groundfish Trawl IFQ

Creator:: Holland, Dan
Abstract:: Catches of several potential choke species in the Pacific groundfish IFQ are highly uncertain and tend to be concentrated while quota is broadly distributed. An analysis prior to implementation of the IFQ suggested substantial risk of individual vessels accidentally exceeding quota allocations for several rockfish species and Pacific halibut. Many...
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Escaping the Fisheries Subsidies Trap: The Role of Cooperative Fisheries Management

Creator:: Munro, Gordon
Abstract:: The evidence of the destructive economic and biological consequences of “bad” fisheries subsidies is now all but overwhelming. Yet still these subsidies persist, in spite of the evidence. This paper looks at ways of escaping the fisheries subsidies trap, by pursuing and developing a theme, which this author first put...
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Exploring Optimum Economic Efficiency of Fishing: Shall We Move from the Tradition in the Post-Tsunami Fishery?

Creator:: Ishimura, Gakushi, Abe, Keita, and Goto, Tomoaki
Abstract:: An empirically-estimated production function for a Japanese off-shore longline fishing vessel for swordfish fishery is integrated with a demand model and operating costs. This integrated model is used to explore optimal fishing efforts, a combination of days for (a) searching fishing grounds and (b) actual longline fishing operations. The results...
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A Small Parasite Making Big Waves: Industry Consolidation and Collaboration under Spatial-Dynamic Externalities

Creator:: Morency-Lavoie, Félix, Nøstbakken, Linda, and Abbott, Joshua
Abstract:: Parasites and diseases represent major challenges in aquaculture. In the Norwegian salmon farming industry, costs associated with treatment of sea lice are surging and reached 5bn NOK or 10% of the industry’s total export value in 2015. In addition to the direct impact on production, sea lice affect the industry...
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We Need to Restore Ourselves First: The Story of El Manglito

Creator:: Robles, Alejandro
Abstract:: This presentation provides an overview of a session presentation held at the NAAFE Forum 2017 in March, 2017. The title of the session was: Rights-Based Management. The title of the presentation was: We Need to Restore Ourselves First: The Story of El Manglito.
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Towards Development of a Transboundary Fisheries Co-Management: Lessons from Lake Chiuta

Creator:: Njaya, Friday
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding

IIFET 2016 Program and Abstract Booklet

Creator:: International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade
Abstract:: 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.
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Landing Obligation Economic Impact Analysis

Creator:: Mardle, Simon, Metz, Sebastien, Curtis, Hazel, Russell, Jennifer, and Cappell, Rod
Abstract:: Seafish has undertaken an economic impact assessment (EIA) of the landing obligation for key UK fleets targeting demersal stocks. The purpose of the EIA is to provide information that supports decision-making and understanding at a fleet segment, home nation and national level. The EIA has been undertaken in two phases:...
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Measuring Economic Value of Whale Conservation: Comparison between Australia and Japan

Creator:: Wakamatsu, Mihoko, Kong Joo, Shin, and Managi, Shunsuke
Abstract:: The positions of Japan and Australia have been in sharp contrast over whaling; Japan seeks to expand whaling and is not concerned about protecting whales while Australia attempts to halt whaling and strengthen whale conservation. In this study, we hypothesize that this sparked difference reflects different levels of willingness to...
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A Mixed-Methods Approach to Inform Management of the Norwegain Coastal Zone

Creator:: Falk-Andersson, Jannike, Aanesen, Margrethe, and Westskog, Hege
Abstract:: Conflicts over the use of coastal areas are expected to increase in Norway in the future. In Northern Norway, salmon aquaculture and marine fishing tourism are expected to expand, affecting both the space available for other uses and ecosystems, including traditionally harvested fish stocks. While data is available to managers...
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Overfishing and No Substitution between Wild and Farmed Fish: Lessons from the European Sea Bass

Creator:: Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Gonzalo and Bande Ramudo, Roberto
Abstract:: Overfishing has been cited as a major cause of sea bass population decline and recent scientific analyses have reinforced previous concerns of unsustainable fishing advising urgently for a substantial reduction in fishing mortality. For the first time, 2013, the ICES released an analytical advice on the status of the European...
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Evaluation of the Chilean Jack Mackerel Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) System

Creator:: Sanchirico, James, Kroetz, Kailin, Corderi Novoa, David, and Peña-Torres, Julio
Abstract:: The debate in commercial fishery management has evolved from whether well-defined rights are necessary for sustainability to evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of different rights based system designs. Two of Latin America's largest fisheries, the Chilean Jack Mackerel and Peruvian Anchovy, allocate quota at the vessel-level and restrict the lease...
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Introduction to the Special Session on the Economics of Bycatch

Creator:: Holland, Daniel, Squires, Dale, Bisack, Kathryn, Ballance, Lisa, Haynie, Alan, Lent, Rebecca, and Lipton, Doug
Abstract:: This talk will introduce the special session on the Economics of Bycatch. It will provide an overview of the session. It will then discuss in general terms a variety of incentive-based approaches to managing bycatch that give vessels greater flexibility to devise cost-effective solutions of their own making. These include...
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Influence of Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) on Fishery Development in Nigeria

Creator:: Oparinde, Lawrence Olusola, Amos, Taiwo Timothy, and Adeseluka, Michael
Abstract:: Access to credit has been identified as a crucial tool in increasing fish production in the developing countries like Nigeria. Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) was established for the purpose of boosting agricultural production (fish production inclusive). It is, therefore, imperative to study the Influence of Agricultural Credit Guarantee...
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Stock Proxies in Efficiency Analysis of Fisheries

Creator:: Duy, Nguyen Ngoc and Flaaten, Ola
Abstract:: This study proposes three methods for technical efficiency (TE) estimation using three different fish stock proxy measures while applying the stochastic production frontier (SPF) approach. We apply these methods to two Vietnamese offshore fisheries, gillnet and hand-line, for which measures of stock abundance are unavailable. Based on the assumption of...
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A Safer Catch? Fisheries Management and Risk Taking in the Most Dangerous Industry

Creator:: Pfeiffer, Lisa
Abstract:: Fishing is the most dangerous job in the United States. When fisheries management creates the incentive to "race for fish", a fishing season can be reduced to only a few days and involve around-the-clock fishing in life-threatening weather conditions. Overloaded vessels, ignoring maintenance problems on vessels, and fishing in dangerous...
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Fishery Improvement Projects - A Preliminary Analysis of Strategies and Outputs

Creator:: Crona, Beatrice, Van Holt, Tracy, and Käll, Sofia
Abstract:: As the demand for sustainably caught seafood increases, market actors are increasingly interested in engaging with initiatives to increase the sustainability of their supply chains. Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) have been implemented in many parts of the world and are a way by which retailers and their 1st and 2nd...
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Managing Northern Baltic Salmon Fisheries under Social-Ecological Complexity

Creator:: Holma, Maija and Richter, Andries
Abstract:: The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is a treasured catch for both commercial and recreational fishers at the Baltic Sea. Especially in Tornionjoki river, which is one of the two remaining wild salmon rivers at the Finnish coast of Baltic, recreational fishing is an increasingly popular activity, and a source of...
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Opening the Toolkit: Addressing Challenges in European Fisheries

Creator:: Park, Michael
Abstract:: After thirty years of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Europe, its limitations in relation to environmental and socio-economic aspects have been well-documented. The STEFC identified some reasons that contribute to poor socio-economic performance due to environmental factors (e.g. reduced TACs and quotas for several key stocks, scarcity of some...
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Are Social and Economic Values for Fisheries Presented Appropriately in Impact Assessments?

Creator:: Coull, Kenneth, Armstrong, Bertie, and Whyte, Elaine
Abstract:: This paper highlights the fishing industry's views on economic impact assessments related to fisheries, and in particular the Scottish Government's assessment accompanying the MPA Consultation. The industry felt this assessment was incomplete, failed to recognise the true impacts on fishermen affected and failed to acknowledge local impacts on communities. We...
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Small-Scale Fisheries and Global Subsidy Reform

Creator:: Charles, Anthony
Abstract:: Subsidies are most often discussed within global fora (such as the World Trade Organization) in terms of concerns over trade distortions, if some countries gain an unfair advantage, through their subsidies, over unsubsidized industry elsewhere. In fisheries, this concern is matched by an environmental argument – that fish stock depletion...
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The Forgotten Harvest: Small-scale Fisheries, Wealth and Food Security

Creator:: Harte, Michael and Maharaj, Vishwanie
Abstract:: Over a billion people on our planet suffer from a lack of food and another two billion have nutritional deficiencies. By 2050, global food production will need to increase by between 70 and 100 percent to feed a growing global population. Small-scale fisheries play a critical role in food security...
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Consequences of the Crisis in French Oyster Culture Sector on the Domestic Market

Creator:: Mariojouls, Catherine and Jolly, Laurene
Abstract:: The oyster culture sector in France is facing since 2008 a crisis due to over-mortalities of spat, strongly related to the virus OsHV1-μvar. The consequence is a large decrease in total production, from 111,000 T in 2007 to 80,000 T in 2014. This communication is focusing the consequences on the...
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Structural Equation Modelling of Wellbeing: A Case of Fishers in the Western Region of Ghana

Creator:: Onumah, Edward Ebo, Ocran, Joseph, Alhassan, Ramatu, Béné, Christophe, McGregor, Allister, and Mills, David
Abstract:: This paper considers social wellbeing in the context of three dimensions; material conditions, quality of life, and sustainability dimensions to explore the key factors that affect the wellbeing of fishers in the Western Region of Ghana using 119 respondents. The study first considers descriptive analysis to assess the correlation between...
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Born To Be Wild?

Creator:: Knútsson, Ögmundur and Kristófersson, Daði Már
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 A4: Global Market: Connections and Prospective Opportunities. The session was chaired by Maarten Mens, and the presentation was given by...
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