Some attempts have been made in the past to provide estimates of the value
of global fisheries. For example, catch values from marine fisheries have
been reported by the FAO (2008) and Sumaila et al. (2007). The World
Bank (2008) estimated that current economic rent from the worlds fisheries
is...
The World Bank has constructed wealth accounts for nearly 15 years, most recently in The Changing Wealth of Nations. The accounts include produced capital, natural capital and human and social capital. Natural capital includes agricultural land, forests, subsoil assets and protected areas, but omit a number of critical natural capital...
Recent articles in the multidisciplinary fisheries literature have been critical
of fisheries economics concepts and literature. For example, a paper by
Bromley (2009) entitled Abdicating Responsibility: The Deceits of
Fisheries Policy: Fisheries 34(6):280-302, provides a critical review of
fisheries economics. I explore the main issues raised in this paper and...
I first of all sketch a picture of the importance of fisheries to people and argue that our interactions with fish stocks, for the most part, are currently unsustainable. Next, I identify the provision of capacity-enhancing subsidies by governments or what has been described as ‘harmful' or ‘bad' subsidies in the...
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...
The contributions of small-scale fisheries to income and employment are well recognized but not sufficiently understood. It is difficult to gauge, for instance, whether this sector is economically viable, especially in the context of large-scale economic, social, political, and ecological change processes. These knowledge deficits create an environment of uncertainty...
I begin my talk by identifying the fish species that inhabit the California
Current Large Marine ecosystem (CCLME). Next, I categorize these
species into predator-prey and forage and non-forage fishes. I then present
the current catches, landed values, payment to labour (wages), capital
(profit) and payment to the resource owners...
Climate and marine ecosystem research informs us that marine fish resources would come under increasing stress over the course of the 21st century as global climate change, ocean acidification and de-oxygenation combine with other stresses on the ocean, including heavy fishing pressure and marine pollution, to change the primary productivity...
We present a bottom-up analysis of the proportion of global marine fisheries subsidies to small-scale fisheries (SSF). Using existing data, we split the reported national subsidy amounts into the fraction that goes to small- compared to large-scale fishing sectors. Results reveal a major imbalance in subsidy distribution, with SSF receiving...
The Patagonian marine ecosystem is one of the most productive
ecosystems in the world, with important commercial shared/straddling
stocks. One of the highest mobility resources is the Argentine shortfin
squid (Illex argentinus). Its distribution is limited to the area of influence of
the warm-cold waters of sub-Antarctic origin, particularly of...