Pub Date : 2021-03-18DOI: 10.1080/13657305.2021.1893864
C. Ohs, A. Beany, M. DiMaggio
Abstract The marine recreational fishing industry in Florida has an economic impact of $7.6 billion dollars, which includes the expenditures of its 2.4 million licensed anglers. Interest in developing aquaculture techniques for marine baitfish species have served as an impetus for recent research; however, market data in Florida has not been investigated and described in over two decades. The objectives of this survey were to evaluate and describe the live marine baitfish market for cultured pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) and pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera) in Florida. A survey was designed and distributed to 280 bait retailers in 37 coastal counties of Florida. The survey was developed to gather information vital to market evaluation. Survey questions focused on baitfish species sold, shortcomings of wild baitfish, preferred baitfish characteristics, perception of aquaculture and cultured bait, and specific questions with an emphasis on quantities and purchasing habits for pinfish and pigfish. A total of 119 surveys representing 31 counties were returned for a 42.5% response rate. The results of this market survey will serve as a valuable resource for current and potential producers who market live marine baitfish to retailers throughout coastal Florida.
{"title":"Survey of Florida marine baitfish retailers: Assessment of wholesale supply and the market potential for cultured pinfish and pigfish","authors":"C. Ohs, A. Beany, M. DiMaggio","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2021.1893864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2021.1893864","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The marine recreational fishing industry in Florida has an economic impact of $7.6 billion dollars, which includes the expenditures of its 2.4 million licensed anglers. Interest in developing aquaculture techniques for marine baitfish species have served as an impetus for recent research; however, market data in Florida has not been investigated and described in over two decades. The objectives of this survey were to evaluate and describe the live marine baitfish market for cultured pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) and pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera) in Florida. A survey was designed and distributed to 280 bait retailers in 37 coastal counties of Florida. The survey was developed to gather information vital to market evaluation. Survey questions focused on baitfish species sold, shortcomings of wild baitfish, preferred baitfish characteristics, perception of aquaculture and cultured bait, and specific questions with an emphasis on quantities and purchasing habits for pinfish and pigfish. A total of 119 surveys representing 31 counties were returned for a 42.5% response rate. The results of this market survey will serve as a valuable resource for current and potential producers who market live marine baitfish to retailers throughout coastal Florida.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"26 1","pages":"57 - 76"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2021.1893864","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42324891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-03-13DOI: 10.1080/13657305.2021.1896604
F. J. Martínez-Cordero, E. Sanchez-Zazueta
Abstract This study assessed the impact of tilapia farming on poverty in the States of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Chiapas, which have the highest levels of poverty in Mexico. The study uses both 2018 data from a sample of micro- and small-sized farmers in these States, and the Mexican government’s multidimensional poverty methodology. Results show fewer tilapia farmers in extreme or moderate poverty compared to the general population’s value in the municipalities and States where these farms are located, therefore asserting the positive impact of the activity. While cage farmers have more social rights deprivations, their income is greater compared to that of tank and pond farmers. Tilapia projects are also relevant to food security, increasing both household fish and animal-protein consumption.
{"title":"Poverty and vulnerability assessment of tilapia farmers in the southwestern States of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Chiapas in Mexico","authors":"F. J. Martínez-Cordero, E. Sanchez-Zazueta","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2021.1896604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2021.1896604","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study assessed the impact of tilapia farming on poverty in the States of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Chiapas, which have the highest levels of poverty in Mexico. The study uses both 2018 data from a sample of micro- and small-sized farmers in these States, and the Mexican government’s multidimensional poverty methodology. Results show fewer tilapia farmers in extreme or moderate poverty compared to the general population’s value in the municipalities and States where these farms are located, therefore asserting the positive impact of the activity. While cage farmers have more social rights deprivations, their income is greater compared to that of tank and pond farmers. Tilapia projects are also relevant to food security, increasing both household fish and animal-protein consumption.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"26 1","pages":"36 - 56"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2021.1896604","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41846836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-03-10DOI: 10.1080/13657305.2021.1896606
C. Engle, T. Hanson, G. Kumar
Abstract Catfish farming continues to be the largest segment of U.S. aquaculture, and U.S. catfish farmers have demonstrated resilience and resourcefulness in adapting to changing economic conditions. Commercial production began in the 1950s–1960s, with growth leading to processing and marketing challenges in the 1970s. By the early 1980s, the key production, processing, and marketing pieces were in place to transform catfish farming into a major enterprise. Keys included development of efficient aerators, nutritionally complete feeds, multiple-batch production providing year-round supply of fish, processing innovations, and creation of The Catfish Institute (TCI) for marketing and public relations. The successful expansion into nontraditional catfish markets attracted competition of pangasius catfish imported from Vietnam by U.S. seafood importers, free riding on successful marketing programs. The 2003–2013 contraction of the U.S. industry was the combined effect of four external economic shocks; trough of price cycle; 2001 recession; September 11 terrorist attacks; and Vietnamese pangasius imports. Prices fell to historical lows and remained below production cost for 3 years. Adoption of intensive systems (split ponds, intensive aeration) that reduced costs led to steady growth from 2014 to 2019. Lessons for U.S. aquaculture include the importance of fingerling/seed technologies, farmer associations, research, Extension, marketing, and state/federal support.
{"title":"Economic history of U.S. catfish farming: Lessons for growth and development of aquaculture","authors":"C. Engle, T. Hanson, G. Kumar","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2021.1896606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2021.1896606","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Catfish farming continues to be the largest segment of U.S. aquaculture, and U.S. catfish farmers have demonstrated resilience and resourcefulness in adapting to changing economic conditions. Commercial production began in the 1950s–1960s, with growth leading to processing and marketing challenges in the 1970s. By the early 1980s, the key production, processing, and marketing pieces were in place to transform catfish farming into a major enterprise. Keys included development of efficient aerators, nutritionally complete feeds, multiple-batch production providing year-round supply of fish, processing innovations, and creation of The Catfish Institute (TCI) for marketing and public relations. The successful expansion into nontraditional catfish markets attracted competition of pangasius catfish imported from Vietnam by U.S. seafood importers, free riding on successful marketing programs. The 2003–2013 contraction of the U.S. industry was the combined effect of four external economic shocks; trough of price cycle; 2001 recession; September 11 terrorist attacks; and Vietnamese pangasius imports. Prices fell to historical lows and remained below production cost for 3 years. Adoption of intensive systems (split ponds, intensive aeration) that reduced costs led to steady growth from 2014 to 2019. Lessons for U.S. aquaculture include the importance of fingerling/seed technologies, farmer associations, research, Extension, marketing, and state/federal support.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"26 1","pages":"1 - 35"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2021.1896606","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49345154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-03-10DOI: 10.1080/13657305.2021.1893863
L. Oparinde
Abstract This study examined the impact of climate change adaptation strategies on the welfare status of aquaculture fish farmers in Southwest, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used in the selection of 288 respondents. To account for selection bias due to both observable and unobservable factors where more than two options arise, the multinomial endogenous switching regression model was used to analyze the collected data. The empirical findings revealed that level of education brought about increase in the probability of adopting bore-hole construction, stocking time adjustment and embankment creation as adaptation strategies to climate change. Also, adoption of stocking time adjustment and embankment creation by the adopters increased food security index by 106.1 and 16.9%, respectively. Furthermore, adoption of stocking time adjustment in the adopters’ category reduced the poverty gap by 87.2%. It is, therefore, recommended that policies which promote adoption of climate change adaptation strategies (especially stocking time adjustment and bore-hole construction being the strategies with the highest impact) should be formulated since they are capable of increasing welfare of aquaculture fish farmers.
{"title":"Fish farmers’ welfare and climate change adaptation strategies in southwest, Nigeria: Application of multinomial endogenous switching regression model","authors":"L. Oparinde","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2021.1893863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2021.1893863","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study examined the impact of climate change adaptation strategies on the welfare status of aquaculture fish farmers in Southwest, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used in the selection of 288 respondents. To account for selection bias due to both observable and unobservable factors where more than two options arise, the multinomial endogenous switching regression model was used to analyze the collected data. The empirical findings revealed that level of education brought about increase in the probability of adopting bore-hole construction, stocking time adjustment and embankment creation as adaptation strategies to climate change. Also, adoption of stocking time adjustment and embankment creation by the adopters increased food security index by 106.1 and 16.9%, respectively. Furthermore, adoption of stocking time adjustment in the adopters’ category reduced the poverty gap by 87.2%. It is, therefore, recommended that policies which promote adoption of climate change adaptation strategies (especially stocking time adjustment and bore-hole construction being the strategies with the highest impact) should be formulated since they are capable of increasing welfare of aquaculture fish farmers.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"450 - 471"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2021.1893863","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45896724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The shrimp industry plays a leading role in aquaculture development in Vietnam. Currently, the government is running a credit subsidy program to support farmers investing in improved production methods. This paper aimed to investigate white-legged shrimp farmers’ willingness to invest in improved production methods and to examine whether the current government policy for the sector is in line with farmers’ preferences using a discrete choice experiment. The results show that farmers do not care about the environmental impacts but emphasize increased yields and more successful crops as the main drivers of their willingness to invest. There is a mismatch between the current subsidized interest rate and farmers’ required interest rate. These findings suggest that to promote better investment in improved production methods, the government should focus on the regulatory framework, monitoring and control of environmental impacts, and reevaluate the size of the credit subsidy.
{"title":"Willingness to adopt improved shrimp aquaculture practices in Vietnam","authors":"Quach Thi Khanh Ngoc, Bui Bich Xuan, Erlend Dancke Sandorf, Truong Ngoc Phong, Luong Cong Trung, Tạ Thị Thu Hiên","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2021.1880492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2021.1880492","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The shrimp industry plays a leading role in aquaculture development in Vietnam. Currently, the government is running a credit subsidy program to support farmers investing in improved production methods. This paper aimed to investigate white-legged shrimp farmers’ willingness to invest in improved production methods and to examine whether the current government policy for the sector is in line with farmers’ preferences using a discrete choice experiment. The results show that farmers do not care about the environmental impacts but emphasize increased yields and more successful crops as the main drivers of their willingness to invest. There is a mismatch between the current subsidized interest rate and farmers’ required interest rate. These findings suggest that to promote better investment in improved production methods, the government should focus on the regulatory framework, monitoring and control of environmental impacts, and reevaluate the size of the credit subsidy.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"430 - 449"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2021.1880492","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45636164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-15DOI: 10.1080/13657305.2020.1869861
R. Pincinato
This special issue of Aquaculture Economics & Management features five articles based on the 24 contributions presented at the International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management (IAA...
本期水产养殖经济与管理特刊根据国际水产养殖经济和管理协会（IAA。。。
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Pub Date : 2021-01-11DOI: 10.1080/13657305.2020.1869859
Dylan Bouchard, M. Camire, C. Davis, G. Shaler, Robyn Dumont, Raymond Bernier, R. Labbe
Abstract In this paper, we study the factors that influence consumer attitudes toward aquaculture as well as annual expenditure on aquaculture products. Our analysis is composed of two parts. First, we estimate the effects of several covariates of interest on annual seafood expenditure using a two-way censored regression model, due to the nature of the survey data. Our results indicate that consumers who are college-educated, aware of aquaculture operations in their area, and more aware about where their seafood is produced tend to spend more on farm-raised seafood. Second, attitude indices are used as dependent variables in three distinct logit regressions, one for each of the respective seafood categories, i.e., finfish, shellfish, and sea vegetables. For both the finfish and shellfish regressions, the results suggest that being older, being more informed about East Coast aquaculture operations, desiring at least state-level detail for production location, and looking closely at seafood labels more frequently were all associated with a lower probability of having a negative attitude toward aquaculture. Few explanatory variables had statistically significant effects in the sea vegetable regression, which is likely due to the low number of respondents in our sample aware of sea vegetable aquaculture operations (approximately 23%).
{"title":"Attitudes toward aquaculture and seafood purchasing preferences: Evidence from a consumer survey of Atlantic States","authors":"Dylan Bouchard, M. Camire, C. Davis, G. Shaler, Robyn Dumont, Raymond Bernier, R. Labbe","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2020.1869859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1869859","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this paper, we study the factors that influence consumer attitudes toward aquaculture as well as annual expenditure on aquaculture products. Our analysis is composed of two parts. First, we estimate the effects of several covariates of interest on annual seafood expenditure using a two-way censored regression model, due to the nature of the survey data. Our results indicate that consumers who are college-educated, aware of aquaculture operations in their area, and more aware about where their seafood is produced tend to spend more on farm-raised seafood. Second, attitude indices are used as dependent variables in three distinct logit regressions, one for each of the respective seafood categories, i.e., finfish, shellfish, and sea vegetables. For both the finfish and shellfish regressions, the results suggest that being older, being more informed about East Coast aquaculture operations, desiring at least state-level detail for production location, and looking closely at seafood labels more frequently were all associated with a lower probability of having a negative attitude toward aquaculture. Few explanatory variables had statistically significant effects in the sea vegetable regression, which is likely due to the low number of respondents in our sample aware of sea vegetable aquaculture operations (approximately 23%).","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"411 - 429"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2020.1869859","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46190564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-11DOI: 10.1080/13657305.2020.1869860
R. Botta, Christa D. Court, Andrew Ropicki, Edward V. Camp
Abstract Regional economic assessments (REAs), including economic contribution and impact analyses, are often used in resource-based industries to inform policymakers, elected officials, and the general public of an industry’s role within the regional economy. However, REAs have been difficult to conduct for the aquaculture industry due to issues with data availability and quality. This paper will provide an overview of economic contribution analysis, the challenges associated with applying these analyses to U.S. aquaculture production, and techniques to overcome these challenges. The Florida shellfish aquaculture industry is used as an example to highlight some of the data issues and how using different methods within a REA can lead to inaccurate representations of an industry’s economic contribution.
{"title":"Evaluating the regional economic contributions of US aquaculture: Case study of Florida’s shellfish aquaculture industry","authors":"R. Botta, Christa D. Court, Andrew Ropicki, Edward V. Camp","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2020.1869860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1869860","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Regional economic assessments (REAs), including economic contribution and impact analyses, are often used in resource-based industries to inform policymakers, elected officials, and the general public of an industry’s role within the regional economy. However, REAs have been difficult to conduct for the aquaculture industry due to issues with data availability and quality. This paper will provide an overview of economic contribution analysis, the challenges associated with applying these analyses to U.S. aquaculture production, and techniques to overcome these challenges. The Florida shellfish aquaculture industry is used as an example to highlight some of the data issues and how using different methods within a REA can lead to inaccurate representations of an industry’s economic contribution.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"223 - 244"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2020.1869860","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60198025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-11DOI: 10.1080/13657305.2020.1869857
Pratheesh O. Sudhakaran, G. Puggioni, H. Uchida, J. Opaluch
Abstract While there in general appears to be public support for shellfish aquaculture operations, the construction of oyster farms often meets opposition where an important argument is devaluation of housing property. This makes it important to study the effect of construction of oyster farms on property value. In this paper house sales data from Rhode Island between 2000 and 2013 is analyzed to evaluate the effect of oyster farm construction on property values using a difference-in-difference (DiD) approach within a hedonic price model (HPM). Given the use of sales data this study focuses on the perceptions of people in the housing market. We found that the impacts are more nuanced and complex: overall on average the construction of oyster farms increased the value of the houses located closer to the farm. When the houses are grouped by their value category, however, our results show that the value of luxury houses decreased significantly.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-07DOI: 10.1080/13657305.2020.1857468
T. Osmundsen, K. Karlsen, Roy Robertsen, B. Hersoug
Abstract Seafood production governance, primarily and traditionally a governmental activity, is increasingly designed and performed by private actors, such as business organizations and/or Non-Governmental Organization. This is often seen as complementary to public regulation in handling collective problems, but there are few studies within the aquaculture sector which investigate the extent and potential of such arrangements. The aim of this paper is to study self-regulation among groups of fish farmers as a means to solve collective challenges in the commons and to derive lessons for future cooperative arrangements. Using data from the Norwegian salmon industry, we investigate the extent of private self-regulated collaborations, the motivation for collaboration, and the self-reported obstacles. We further elucidate the strengths and weaknesses of such arrangements, both regarding day-to-day operations and in times of crisis. The findings show that private self-regulation plays an important role in increasing available resources in addressing common challenges and coordinating the production to limit negative externalities. However, such arrangements cannot work in isolation and need to be aligned with the role and functioning of public authorities. In fact, the looming shadow of the state is an important prerequisite for the successful role of such arrangements.
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