Estimating the economic loss of recent North Atlantic fisheries management
It is accepted that world’s fisheries are not generally exploited at their biological or their economic optimum. Most fisheries assessments focus on the biological capacity of fish stocks to respond to harvesting and few have attempted to estimate the economic efficiency at which ecosystems are expl...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:29973 2023-05-15T17:27:31+02:00 Estimating the economic loss of recent North Atlantic fisheries management Merino, Gorka Barange, Manuel Fernandes, Jose A. Mullon, Christian Cheung, William Trenkel, Verena Lam, Vicky 2014-12 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00188/29973/28426.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.022 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00188/29973/ eng eng Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/264933/EU//EURO-BASIN https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00188/29973/28426.pdf doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.022 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00188/29973/ 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Progress In Oceanography (0079-6611) (Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd), 2014-12 , Vol. 129 , P. 314-323 text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2014 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.022 2021-09-23T20:24:25Z It is accepted that world’s fisheries are not generally exploited at their biological or their economic optimum. Most fisheries assessments focus on the biological capacity of fish stocks to respond to harvesting and few have attempted to estimate the economic efficiency at which ecosystems are exploited. The latter is important as fisheries contribute considerably to the economic development of many coastal communities. Here we estimate the overall potential economic rent for the fishing industry in the North Atlantic to be B€ 12.85, compared to current estimated profits of B€ 0.63. The difference between the potential and the net profits obtained from North Atlantic fisheries is therefore B€ 12.22. In order to increase the profits of North Atlantic fisheries to a maximum, total fish biomass would have to be rebuilt to 108 Mt (2.4 times more than present) by reducing current total fishing effort by 53%. Stochastic simulations were undertaken to estimate the uncertainty associated with the aggregate bioeconomic model that we use and we estimate the economic loss NA fisheries in a range of 2.5 and 32 billion of euro. We provide economic justification for maintaining or restoring fish stocks to above their MSY biomass levels. Our conclusions are consistent with similar global scale studies. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Progress in Oceanography 129 314 323 |
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It is accepted that world’s fisheries are not generally exploited at their biological or their economic optimum. Most fisheries assessments focus on the biological capacity of fish stocks to respond to harvesting and few have attempted to estimate the economic efficiency at which ecosystems are exploited. The latter is important as fisheries contribute considerably to the economic development of many coastal communities. Here we estimate the overall potential economic rent for the fishing industry in the North Atlantic to be B€ 12.85, compared to current estimated profits of B€ 0.63. The difference between the potential and the net profits obtained from North Atlantic fisheries is therefore B€ 12.22. In order to increase the profits of North Atlantic fisheries to a maximum, total fish biomass would have to be rebuilt to 108 Mt (2.4 times more than present) by reducing current total fishing effort by 53%. Stochastic simulations were undertaken to estimate the uncertainty associated with the aggregate bioeconomic model that we use and we estimate the economic loss NA fisheries in a range of 2.5 and 32 billion of euro. We provide economic justification for maintaining or restoring fish stocks to above their MSY biomass levels. Our conclusions are consistent with similar global scale studies. |
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Merino, Gorka Barange, Manuel Fernandes, Jose A. Mullon, Christian Cheung, William Trenkel, Verena Lam, Vicky Estimating the economic loss of recent North Atlantic fisheries management |
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Merino, Gorka Barange, Manuel Fernandes, Jose A. Mullon, Christian Cheung, William Trenkel, Verena Lam, Vicky |
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Estimating the economic loss of recent North Atlantic fisheries management |
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Estimating the economic loss of recent North Atlantic fisheries management |
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Estimating the economic loss of recent North Atlantic fisheries management |
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Estimating the economic loss of recent North Atlantic fisheries management |
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Estimating the economic loss of recent North Atlantic fisheries management |
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estimating the economic loss of recent north atlantic fisheries management |
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https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00188/29973/28426.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.022 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00188/29973/ |
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Progress In Oceanography (0079-6611) (Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd), 2014-12 , Vol. 129 , P. 314-323 |
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2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use |
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