The Icelandic ITQ system has been under development since the early 1980s. Rights were initially grandfathered. Rights have been priced and traded and put up as collateral against loans. Quota values have thus affected the balance sheet of Icelandic fishing firms in a fundamental way. The aim of this paper...
This paper discusses the persistency of one of today’s major subsidy schemes in Norwegian fisheries: exemption from fuel taxes in the fishing fleet. The reimbursement scheme stems from the late 1980s, and has been persistent since, under different governments. Here we provide the background for this support and discuss it’s...
Scientific database has proven that Vietnam is one of the most affected countries due to climate change impacts on aquaculture and economies of rural communities. Ben Tre region has suffered immensely from recent salt water intrusion. Climate change generates sea level rise, increase in temperature and salt water intrusion. In...
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...
Transition of fish farming from subsistence to sustainable semi commercial activity in Uganda Fish farming in Uganda has not been taken to semi commercial levels by small scale famers due to many challenges. They range from lack of fish seed, quality fish feeds, lack of market, poor infrastructure, unavailability of...
Catfish farming has increased over the past decade in Uganda. In order for this emerging industry to be sustainable, systematic production and marketing are essential. This paper discusses the existing catfish farming industry in Uganda and its value chains. Analysis is done to answer questions on the industry structure, value...
The presence of illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing activities are considered a serious threat to the sustainable use of marine resources. This paper uses a game theoretic approach to investigate the strategic interaction between fishers and management in the presence of IUU fishing. Managers choose a combination of fines,...
Artisanal or small scale inshore fisheries are one of the economic sub sectors of the economy and make valuable economic contribution to the coastal communities of Tanzania. It provides rich protein food, employment, income thus contribute to their livelihood. The fishery also contributes significantly to foreign earnings and revenue. Small-scale...
Madagascar is the world, fourth biggest island, and
one of the world‚ poorest countries. Given its severe
poverty, Madagascar has no large-scale domestic fleet. Consequently, it is required by the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea to rent these un-exploited resources to distant water fleets (DWFs)
from...
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...
The notion of individual transferable quotas (ITQs) has permeated the fisheries economics literature over the last 40 years. The most long-standing prediction about ITQs has been extensively documented, namely that transferable property rights to harvest induce changes along the extensive margin via consolidation of quota among a smaller number of...
The rapid increase in abalone production and importing of farmed products may pose a serious threat to
wild abalone producing countries, as it could cause negative pressure on prices. This paper investigates
the price relationships for imported abalone in the Japanese market and the implications for wild abalone
producing countries,...
Ivorian fishery resources are severely degraded by reason of poor state policy in the development of fisheries and aquaculture, of very degrading fishing techniques and fraudulent intensive exploitation of fish, of deforestation and its corollary erosion and industrial and agricultural pollution. This degradation, which is characterized by the decline in...
We previously developed a spatially explicit, individual-based model (IBM) evaluating the bio-economic efficiency of fishing vessel movements between regions according to the catching and targeting of different species based on the most recent high resolution spatial fishery data. The main purpose was to test the effects of alternative fishing effort...
Disease control decisions at a sector level often reflect different types of goals and incentives between various stakeholders. While government may pursue policy objectives to eliminate disease at any cost, for example, the success of such initiatives relies on the capability and desire of industry to adopt such measures as...
The new small scale fisheries policy has created an action space for marginalised small scale fishers practice their livelihoods and create economic opportunities for their families and communities. The political action space created to formulate a new small scale policy will now be translated to economic action space. This paper...
Manual beach seining is a widespread and popular fishing gear in Mozambique, targeting small pelagics and demersals and supplying exclusively national markets. The fishery provides employment for half of all marine artisanal fishermen in the country, and lands a significant proportion of total catch from the artisanal sector. The fishery...
The aim of this work is to develop a predator-prey model for two species of commercial importance captured by the Spanish fishing fleet in the National Fishing Ground (ICES areas VIIIc and IXa). In this model, the Southern hake (Merluccius merluccius) represents the predator, and the blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou)...
Nigerian women in fishing sector remain a potent force in the economic growth of fishing communities.
The basic objective of involving women in fisheries Development is to make them equal partners to men.
That will enable them to participate productively and self-reliantly to improve their family’s nutritional
and living standards....
In this article I analyse Lake Chilwa co-management arrangement in Malawi through the lenses of the concept of power. The analysis is at the local level where majority of the important actors operate. These include the fishing communities, Department of Fisheries, traditional leaders and the new local management entities created...
In this work we confront, by reviewing the literature, the definition of ecosystem-based management provided in the proposal for reform of the European Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) with the specific measures foreseen in it. These are: the sustainability objectives, the maximum sustainable yield target, the discard ban, transferable fishing concessions...
Books and journal articles are the most familiar forms of disseminating scholarly research, however, the move from "ink-on-paper" to a digital format presents small presses with difficulties. E-books, e-readers and digital publishing demand that presses transform their publishing model and rethink their business practices. Challenges are wide ranging and numerous;...
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...
Abstract Fifty percent (50%) of the fish catch in Oman is estimated to be of low commercial value, which is discarded, fed to animals or marketed for very low prices. Therefore, the development and processing of fish to quality value-added fish products for local or international markets could be a...
The debate about whether international trade actually benefits for resource and all stakeholders in the chain is still unsettled. Even the benefits of international trade were addressed in some articles, the question about which signals for policy makers intervene in the market is still being raised. This paper attempts to...
Fish is important from the point of view of food and nutritional security, especially in developing countries. Most of the countries having sea gates and those having lakes are using different methods and techniques to exploit their fisheries sector to achieve their food security. Eritrea as one of the countries...
Marine mammals and sea turtles are protected from commercial fishery interactions under the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act . By design, enforcing area closures is generally less problematic than gear modifications from an enforcement standpoint. Consequently, non-compliance is a greater issue with gear modification regulations. The...
This paper shows that the importance of fish habitat depends in part on the management of the fishery. Two cases of cold water coral - fisheries interactions are studied in a bioeconomic model setting: Norwegian and Icelandic redfish fisheries. The two countries have applied different types of management; Norway’s management...
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...
Recent trends reveal that fish rearing has became popular in Ogun State with the influx of new entrants into fish farming due to increasing demand for fish and fish products as well as an increase in awareness of relevant technologies. The need to study yield and revenue of fish cultured...
This research is focused on the fish and seafood export industry of Sri Lanka, considering its importance to the country's economy. The objectives of the study are to investigate the nature of open innovation practices among fish and seafood exporters in Sri Lanka and to find out the role of...
We introduce a modified version of the standard Gordon-Schaefer fishery model. Standard theoretical models usually treat fishing effort as an aggregate measure encompassing all different types of inputs. Consequently, these models do not enable us to examine the problem of fleet redundancy and capital stuffing separately, i.e. two ways in...
Recently the greening of fisheries has become a central theme among policymakers. The discussion on
how improved governance structures and policies can
help in achieving green growth goals is yet in its
infancy. One problem is that there is a lack of a general framework in which to address those...
The paper discusses contribution of dagaa Rastreneobola argentae fishery to Tanzanian economy. It uses data from two studies conducted in Lake Victoria as well as literature retrieved from Fisheries Division and other institutions. Results indicate that dagaa fishery generates an average monthly income over $150 to individual fisher/trader, provided employment...
The study was carried out in a village named MGR Thittu in the vicinity of the Pichavaram mangroves in the state Tamil Nadu in India. The objectives of the study were to review the current status of mangroves in Tamil Nadu, study the fisherfolk’s perceived role of mangroves on their...
Research costs are constantly rising world-wide, research institutes are often bound to conduct research in bad weather conditions. Fish density accurate estimation made via acoustic echo integration is problematic in bad weather conditions due to acoustic signal attenuation by waterborne air bubbles and vessel movement, which result in an underestimation...
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...
“Gender equality thinking should not focus just on the numbers of women and men in fish
supply chains”, said Gifty Anane-Taabeah (Ghana), the final panelist on Overcoming Gender
Equalities in Fish Supply Chains. The panel and two presentation sessions (Markets and Value
Chains for Small Aquaculture Enterprises and Looking at...
Culture of resilient species to drought and stressed water quality conditions may be a significant part of the future of African aquaculture. Air breathing fishes potentially have a role in low-management culture systems because dissolved oxygen is not a limiting factor. The African lungfish (Protopterus spp) is advantageous because it...
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...
Marketing of Mukene (Rastrineobola argentea) has become a lucrative business in Uganda after decades
of underutilization but its value-chain from capture to market remains unknown. Consequently, a study
was undertaken at two selected landing sites located along L. Victoria and several Kampala markets.
Using a structured questionnaire a total of...
The Icelandic fisheries management system has always been controversial in Iceland. In the wake of the force of the financial crisis that hit Iceland the political debate has become increasingly emotional and heated. In this debate a rational understanding of the fisheries management system‚ aims and efficiency has lacked. Previous...
A fisher’s decision making process is governed by some key questions that need to be answered for each fishing trip: whether or not to commence a fishing trip, where to go fishing and when to return to port. We studied these decisions on the basis of the results of questionnaire...
With growing concern over sustainable production, consumption and food security, new risks and uncertainties are emerging for the seafood industry. These arise from diverse sources and multiple levels, including supplies availability, market drivers, NGO pressures, regulation etc. In the face of this, our traditional means of establishing ‚what is going...
The abalone industry in South Africa is known as one of the largest producing farmed abalone in the world. Most of the farms are located in the Western Cape Province. The growth of abalone aquaculture is expected to continue, however, access to suitable coastal land and the dependence to a...