Eye in the sky: Value of SeaGuardian for fisheries management

• Main Author: Peter Clough
• Other Authors: New Zealand Institute of Economic Research
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Institute of Economic Research 2020
• Subjects: Aquaculture Development; Development Economics; Export Development; Regional Development; Fishing Industry; Fishery Industry; Tourism; Fishery development; Economic development; Development potential; Fishery projects; Local Industry; Fishery Economics; Fishery Product Processing; Trade development; Import volume; Export volume; Surveilance; Food trade; Food industry and trade; Fishery products; Economic development projects; Developing countries; Developing island countries; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic Toothfish
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11540/14098

The SeaGuardian has the capability to undertake a range of military and non-military tasks. Development of the full business case will require reviewing a wider range of non-military applications and assessing the best ownership structure (company or government-owned) and governance arrangements applying to funding and tasking. Assessing these wider issues was out of scope for this phase. The first phase of the project focused on scoping the potential economic returns from enhanced surveillance of Antarctic Toothfish fisheries in the Ross Sea. As a first pass, we accessed readily available public and commercial information. While refinements would be possible in the future, we are confident that the data provides for a robust first pass at comparing costs and benefits.