Exploring the Blue Economy Nexus: Government, Industry, and Market’s Perspectives on Seafood ...

• Main Author: Tao, Jingjing
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Purdue University Graduate School 2024
• Subjects: Agricultural economics; Environment and resource economics; Panel data analysis; Time-series analysis; Economic models and forecasting; Econometric and statistical methods; Aquaculture; Fisheries management; Food sustainability; Barents Sea; Bering Sea; Snow crab
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25394/pgs.25506211; https://hammer.purdue.edu/articles/thesis/Exploring_the_Blue_Economy_Nexus_Government_Industry_and_Market_s_Perspectives_on_Seafood/25506211

Seafood plays a pivotal role in global economies, livelihoods, and nutritional security. However, climate change and global pandemics pose significant threats to seafood harvests, production, supply chains, and marketing channels. The focus of my thesis is to understand the impact of external factors on our seafood resources and explore adaptive strategies in the face of uncertainties. We utilize economics techniques to study human-nature systems by zooming into social elements (government agencies, industry stakeholders, and fish farmers/fishermen) and aquatic resources. The three essays of my thesis delve into this inquiry from the perspectives of government, industry, and market, accordingly.The first chapter in my thesis, Climate Change and Snow Crab Harvest - Applying Random Effect Estimators with Instrumental Variable , estimates the snow crab harvest function with unbalanced panel data of eastern Bering Sea snow crab, Canadian snow crab, Japanese snow crab, and Barents Sea snow crab. Specifically, we ...