Cost-effectiveness of measures to reduce ship strikes: A case study on protecting the Mediterranean fin whale
International audience Collisions between ships and whales can pose a significant threat to the survival of some whale populations. The lack of robust and holistic assessments of the consequences of mitigation solutions often leads to poor compliance from the shipping industry. To overcome this, sev...
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International audience Collisions between ships and whales can pose a significant threat to the survival of some whale populations. The lack of robust and holistic assessments of the consequences of mitigation solutions often leads to poor compliance from the shipping industry. To overcome this, several papers support a regulatory approach to the management of whale-ship collisions through the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN agency responsible for maritime affairs. According to the IMO risk assessment approach, in order to compare the costs of implementing mitigation solutions and their benefits, there is a need for a well-defined risk evaluation criterion. To define such a criterion for whales, we have used an ecological-economic framework based on existence values and conservation objectives. As an illustration, we have applied our framework to the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) population and determined the cost of averting a whale fatality as a proxy for the societal benefits. More precisely, we have estimated the ‘Cost of averting a Mediterranean fin whale fatality’ of 562,462 (in 2017 US dollars); this corresponds to 637,790 USD when converted to 2021 US dollars. The societal benefits of solutions that reduce the risk to whales could therefore be weighed against the costs of shipping companies to implement such measures. This could lead to assessments that are more transparent and the introduction of mandatory measures to reduce ship strikes |
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Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer (AMURE) Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Liverpool Logistics, Offshore and Marine Research Institute (LOOM) Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) ISBLUE ANR-17-EURE-0015,ISBlue,Interdisciplinary Graduate School for the Blue planet(2017) |
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ftinsu:oai:HAL:hal-03631939v1 2024-02-11T10:02:21+01:00 Cost-effectiveness of measures to reduce ship strikes: A case study on protecting the Mediterranean fin whale Sèbe, Maxime Kontovas, Christos Pendleton, Linwood Gourguet, Sophie Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer (AMURE) Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Liverpool Logistics, Offshore and Marine Research Institute (LOOM) Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) ISBLUE ANR-17-EURE-0015,ISBlue,Interdisciplinary Graduate School for the Blue planet(2017) 2022-06 https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-03631939 https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-03631939/document https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-03631939/file/1-s2.0-S0048969722013286-main.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154236 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154236 hal-03631939 https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-03631939 https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-03631939/document https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-03631939/file/1-s2.0-S0048969722013286-main.pdf doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154236 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0048-9697 EISSN: 1879-1026 Science of the Total Environment https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-03631939 Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 827, pp.154236. ⟨10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154236⟩ Cost of averting a whale fatality Cost-effectiveness analyses Formal Safety Assessment Risk evaluation criterion Whale-ship collision [SDE]Environmental Sciences [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2022 ftinsu https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154236 2024-01-24T17:29:29Z International audience Collisions between ships and whales can pose a significant threat to the survival of some whale populations. The lack of robust and holistic assessments of the consequences of mitigation solutions often leads to poor compliance from the shipping industry. To overcome this, several papers support a regulatory approach to the management of whale-ship collisions through the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN agency responsible for maritime affairs. According to the IMO risk assessment approach, in order to compare the costs of implementing mitigation solutions and their benefits, there is a need for a well-defined risk evaluation criterion. To define such a criterion for whales, we have used an ecological-economic framework based on existence values and conservation objectives. As an illustration, we have applied our framework to the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) population and determined the cost of averting a whale fatality as a proxy for the societal benefits. More precisely, we have estimated the ‘Cost of averting a Mediterranean fin whale fatality’ of 562,462 (in 2017 US dollars); this corresponds to 637,790 USD when converted to 2021 US dollars. The societal benefits of solutions that reduce the risk to whales could therefore be weighed against the costs of shipping companies to implement such measures. This could lead to assessments that are more transparent and the introduction of mandatory measures to reduce ship strikes Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaenoptera physalus Fin whale Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU Science of The Total Environment 827 154236 |