Annual/Termination Reports:

[09/30/2011] [09/30/2012] [08/31/2013]

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Participants

Agar, Juan (Juan.Agar@noaa.gov) - NOAA; Anderson, Chris (cma@uri.edu) - University of Rhode Island; Anderson, James (Janderson8@worldbank.org) - World Bank; Asche, Frank (Frank.Asche@uis.no.com) - University of Stavanger; Bisack, Kathryn (Kathryn.Bisack@noaa.gov) - NEFSC/NOAA; Freeman, Matt (mfreeman@lsu.edu) - Louisiana State University; Hanson, Terry (hansontr@auburn.edu) - Auburn University; Johnston, Robert (rjohnston@clarku.edu) - Clark University; Knapp, Gunnar (Gunnar.Knapp@gmail.com) - University of Alaska; Larkin, Sherry (slarkin@ufl.edu) - University of Florida; Pan, Minling (Minling.Pan@noaa.gov) - PIFSC/NOAA; Rountree, Barbara (Barbara.Rountree@noaa.gov) - NEFSC/NOAA; Savolainen, Michelle (msavolainen@agcenter.lsu.edu) - Louisiana State University; Sylvia, Gil (Gil.Sylvia@oregonstate.edu) - Oregon State University; Uchida, Hiro (uchida@uri.edu) - University of Rhode Island; Valderrama, Diego (dvalderrama@ufl.edu) - University of Florida;

Brief Summary of Minutes

Terry Hanson (Chair) opened meeting at 12:26 pm local time.

W2004 project was revamped in 2009 to develop research efforts toward the marketing, trade, and management of aquaculture and fishery resources. A major goal of W2004 was for members to develop and collaborate on common projects. For more information (and to remind you of the project!) the W2004 home website is: HYPERLINK "http://nimss.umd.edu/homepages/home.cfm?trackID=11456" http://nimss.umd.edu/homepages/home.cfm?trackID=11456.

The Hawaii NAAFE meeting was an example of how W2004 is fulfilling its objectives.

- There was a pre-conference workshop hosted by Christopher Anderson (URI) concerning the Fishery Performance Indicator (FPI) project that included case study presentations by W2004 members on how their chosen fishery performed according to FPIs.

- Secondly, several W2004 members presented at the NAAFE meeting in a special session hosted by the International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management (IAAEM) special session on the Use of Scanner Data for Seafood Market Analysis, another topic area of W2004.

- Third, Gunnar Knapp, University of Alaska Anchorage, led a discussion session on The Economics of Fish, to provide an overview of how in writing this book (same title) he is attempting to summarize, for a non-economist audience, the wide variety of interesting and important topics that our profession deals with.

New Business

Do we need to have an annual meeting? A practical goal of W2004 is to communicate among members so common projects can be developed. Gunnar Knapp agreed that meetings such as NAAFE provide an opportunity for W2004 members to discuss collaborative projects and noted it is difficult for all members to attend every meeting, but ...you never know quite how it benefits everyone when they do meet.

- SUGGESTION: Maybe where several W2004 members are presenting they could informally meet and provide a short set of minutes that could be sent out to other W2004 members. Thus, Gunnar suggested that whoever attends a conference where several W2004 members are involved they could informally meet and provide a short set of minutes that could be sent out to other W2004 members. Additionally, it was thought that a current project, such as the FPI project or another collaborative project, would be a perfect reason to meet.

Gunnar Knapp suggested that we work toward an Economic Workshop for Fishery Professionals. [Gunnar, will you elaborate on this idea in a reply email?] He will be developing a survey of fishery economics USERs to determine who uses information we produce, their understanding of fishery economics and how these results can be best used.

Jim Anderson suggested that there is a major problem with lack of graduate-trained natural resource economists, as evidenced by his current 100% placement of students from URI. He asked that a 2 page statement from W2004 be written to NMFS concerning the need for more fisheries economic graduate students and faculty.

- It was thought that Gunnar Knapps session on Friday May 13 might partially address this issue. In that session Gunnar discussed the proposition of surveying fisheries policy makers, determining what they know or think about economics as possible areas for future work for the W2004 group, as Gunnar said there is &no end to projects that the profession [and W2004] could undertake&

- Chris Anderson asked if &there really is such a problem? Looking around the room, a lot of young people are in the room, maybe it is a quality problem? Or are they trained in the wrong area?

- It was suggested by Jim Anderson that a 10 member blue ribbon panel be set up by NMFS to investigate this issue and provide a report to W2004 for review. The blue ribbon committee might be comprised of a people from NMFS, NOAA, World Bank, Researchers, WWF and others.

- In the end it was suggested that W2004 send a letter to NMFS concerning this issue and Gil Silvia was selected as the chair for this letter. Gil agreed but thought evidence was needed to back up this position before actually writing/sending the letter. He thought Gunnars survey of fishery economics USERs would be a good start to having data that could support (or not support) this hypothesis. The W2004 members on this letter writing (after data analysis) committee are Gil Silvia (chair), Sherry Larkin, Christopher Anderson, Gunnar Knapp and Cathy Roheim (not present, but selected in absentia!). Jim Anderson, because of his World Bank position cannot be a member of this committee but would be willing to discuss this topic further with the W2004 group. Thanks Gil for taking this on!

Sherry Larkin, along with Diego Valderrama, graciously agreed to plan and host a W2004 workshop in Cedar Key Florida in May 2012. One idea was to have the FPI as a main focus of the meeting with additional presentations on other current and potential projects. Thank you Sherry and Diego Valderrama for taking this on! We look forward to hearing from you as this events planning progresses.

Meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

Accomplishments

Outputs: In addition to the education sessions listed below under activities, the project produced the following in its first year -- 5 refereed publications, 1 book chapter, 2 reports, 1 electronic database.<br /> <p><br /> Activities: First, a pre-conference workshop was conducted at the 2011 North American Association of Fisheries Economist meeting to develop case-study analyses of specific fisheries for use in the construction of Fisheries Performance Indicators (FPI). The FPI are to be used by federal and international agencies in prioritizing fisheries management projects, and the W2004 members provided critical scientific data through this process. Secondly, several W2004 members presented at the NAAFE meeting in a special session hosted by the International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management (IAAEM) on the use of scanner data for seafood market analysis. The use of this data, and its economic analysis, will be important to the future of demand and market analysis of fisheries products. Lastly, W2004 member Gunnar Knapp led a discussion session on proposed book entitled The Economics of Fish. This publication project of W2004 will be an attempt to summarize, for the non-economist audience, the wide variety of interesting and important topics that our profession deals with.

Publications

Cusack, C., M. Harte, G. Sylvia, S. Larkin, S. Heppell. 2010. Age Structure Metrics for Precautionary Management: Can Simpler Assessment Techniques save Fish, Time and Money? 12 p. In Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of IIFET, ISBN 0-9763432-6-6. Corvallis: IIFET Secretariat.<br /> <br /> Dedah, C., W.R. Keithly, Jr. and R.F. Kazmierczak, Jr. 2011. An Analysis of U.S. Oyster Demand and the Influences of Labeling Requirements. Marine Resource Economics 26(1):17-33.<br /> <br /> Larkin, S., S. Alvarez, G. Sylvia, and M. Harte. 2011. Practical Considerations in Using Bioeconomic Modelling for Rebuilding Fisheries, OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Working Papers, No. 38, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5kgk9qclw7mv-en. 39 p.<br /> <br /> Morgan, K.L., T. Stevens, R. Degner, S.L. Larkin, and C.M. Adams. 2010. Economic Impacts of Alternative Regulatory Scenarios on the Florida Fresh Half-shell Oyster Industry. Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS) FE835. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE835.<br /> <br /> Norden, W., K. Athearn, D. McNaught, S. Larkin, and M. Teisl. 2010. Assessing the Impact of MSC Certification on Management and Conservation in the New Zealand Hoki and Orange Roughy Fisheries. Final report submitted to the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. University of Maine at Machias. 126 p.<br /> <br /> Ran, T., W.R. Keithly, Jr. and R.F. Kazmierczak, Jr. 2011. Location Choice Behavior of Gulf of Mexico Shrimpers under Dynamic Economic Conditions. Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics 43(1).<br /> <br /> Ropicki, A., S.L. Larkin, and C.M. Adams. 2010. Seafood Substitution and Mislabeling: WTP for a Locally-caught Grouper Labeling Program in Florida. Marine Resource Economics 25: 77-92.<br /> <br /> Yu, R. and P.S. Leung. 2010. A Bayesian hierarchical model for modeling white shrimp (litopenaeus vannamei) growth in a commercial shrimp farm, Aquaculture, 306:205210.<br /> <br /> Yu, R., P.S. Leung, L.E. Kam and P. Bienfang. 2010. A Decision Support System for Scheduling Partial Harvesting in Aquaculture, Chapter 18 in Decision Support Systems in Agriculture, Food and the Environment: Trends, Applications and Advances, B. Manos et al. (Editors), p. 406-419, Information Science Reference, New York.<br /> <br />

Impact Statements

1. Developed expert case-studies on the sustainability of specific fisheries for use in prioritizing limited fisheries management resources.
2. Organized and participated in a special session of the North American Association of Fisheries Economists meeting that was aimed at developing new and innovative techniques for using scanner data in seafood demand and market analysis.

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Chuck Adams, University of Florida


Sergio Alvarez, University of Florida


Jim Anderson, World Bank


Chris Anderson, University of Washington


Jingie Chu, World Bank


Kelly Davidson, University of Tennessee


Matt Freeman, Mississippi State University


Richard Kazmierczak, Louisiana State University


Gunnar Knapp, University of Alaska Anchorage


Sherry Larkin, University of Florida


Kwamena Quagrainie, Purdue University


Lew Queirolo, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Region


Andrew Ropicki, University of Florida


Michelle Savolainen, Louisiana State University


Gil Sylvia, Oregon State University


Hiro Uchida, University of Rhode Island


Diego Valderrama, University of Florida


Quinn Weninger, Iowa State

Brief Summary of Minutes

Accomplishments

Short-term Outcomes: <br /> <br /> 1.Fisheries Performance Indicators developed by members of W2004 in cooperation with The World Bank are being tested by The World Bank as one mechanism to estimate the wealth generated by individual fisheries and to evaluate and prioritize projects as part of their Global Program on Fisheries (PROFISH)<br /> <br /> 2. An internet-based, distance education course developed as part of W2004 activities and entitled The Economics of Fish is currently being taught out of the University of Alaska as a way to address the problem of economic illiteracy in the fishing industry and in the fisheries policy and regulatory development process.<br /> <br /> Outputs: <br /> <br /> The participants produced the following in the second year of the project -- 15 refereed journal publications, 7 technical reports/theses, 5 conference proceedings papers and 2 working papers.<br /> <br /> Activities: <br /> <br /> Major activity items completed in the past year are listed below. Other activities, and more detail on those listed below, are included in the minutes of the annual meeting.<br /> <br /> 1. Experiments were conducted that focused on catch shares in simulated fisheries led to self-selected groups pursuing the same stock under different management regimes when the participants were allowed, over time, to choose the management regime they preferred. These results suggest that different kinds of management regimes may emerge over time and perhaps be dynamic in nature, and that there may be some form of an evolutionary selection process for regulatory institutions.<br /> <br /> 2. A collaborative research/industry project in underway to identify consensus indicators of fisheries sustainability in the Gulf of Mexico as an alternative to MSC-type certification processes. <br /> <br /> 3. A study of the recreational-for-hire industry in the Gulf of Mexico was completed in the past year, with the resulting data and results constituting the most comprehensive socioeconomic and policy data currently available on the Gulf RFH fishing industry.<br /> <br /> 4. Intercept and online surveys of seafood preferences were conducted in Hawaii and Kentucky, and in particular preferences were elicited for wild caught versus aquaculture products. Locally grown seafood was a consistently positive influence on willingness-to-pay for product, and wild-caught price premiums were acceptable to participants who grew up in coastal areas. <br />

Publications

Alvarez, S., S. Larkin, D. Chagaris, B. Mahmoudi, and M. Allen. 2011. Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in the West Florida Shelf: An Optimal Portfolio Approach, p. 41 in NAAFE Forum 2011 Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa and NOAA Fisheries.<br /> <br /> Alvarez, Sergio, Sherry Larkin, John Whitehead, and Tim Haab (2012). Substitution, Damages, and Compensation for Anglers due to Oil Spills:The case of the Deepwater Horizon. AAEA Annual Meetings, Seattle, WA. Available at: http://purl.umn.edu/124779.<br /> <br /> Chidmi, B., T. Hanson and G. Nguyen. 2012. Substitutions Between US and Imported Fish and Seafood Products at the National Retail Level. Marine Resource Economics. In press.<br /> <br /> Chidmi, B., T. Hanson and G. Nguyen. 2012. Effect of Promotional Activities on Substitution Pattern and Market Share for Aquaculture Products. Journal of the Food Distribution Research Society. In press.<br /> <br /> Chu, J, J. Anderson and C. Anderson. 2012. Evaluation of New Fishery Performance Indicators (FPIs): A Case Study of the Blue Swimming Crab Fisheries in Indonesia and Philippines. The World Bank. Washington DC. 100p.<br /> <br /> Cinner, J and R S. Pomeroy. 2012. People and the Sea: A Festschrift Dedicated to the Career of Richard Pollnac. Coastal Management. 40:235238<br /> <br /> Cusack, C., S. Larkin, and G. Sylvia. 2011. Can Simple Assessment Techniques Save Fish, Time and Money? p. 57 in NAAFE Forum 2011 Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa and NOAA Fisheries.<br /> <br /> Davidson, K., M. Pan, W. Hu, and D. Poerwanto. 2012. Consumers Willingness to Pay for Aquaculture Fish Products vs. Wild-Caught Seafood  A Case Study in Hawaii. Aquaculture Economics and Management, 16(2): 136-154.<br /> <br /> Daw, T., K. Brown, S. Rosendo and R. Pomeroy. 2011. Applying the ecosystem services concept to poverty alleviation: the need to disaggregate human well-being. Environmental Conservation 38 (4): 370379.<br /> <br /> Fox, Helen E., Michael B. Mascia, Xavier Basurto, Alice Costa, Louise Glew, Dennis Heinemann, Leah Bunce Karrer, Sarah E. Lester, Alfonso Lombana, Robert Pomeroy, Cheri A. Recchia, Callum Roberts, James N. Sanchirico, Lida Pet-Soede, Alan White. 2012. Reexamining the science of marine protected areas: linking knowledge to action. Conservation Letters 5:110<br /> <br /> Gallardo, K., D. Hudson and T. Hanson. 2012. A Comparison of Choice Experiments and Actual Grocery Store Behavior: An Empirical application to Seafood Products. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 44,1(February 2012): 49-62.<br /> <br /> Hanson, T.R., G. Nguyen and C. Jolly. 2011. Comparative Advantage of the US Farm-Raised Catfish Industry: A Cross-Regional Domestic Resource Cost Analysis. Journal of Aquacultural Economics and Management. In press.<br /> <br /> Hanson, T.R. 2012. Pond-to-Plate analysis of the U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish Industry. Bulletin of Fisheries Research Agency No. 35, Japan Fisheries Research Agency, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, January.<br /> <br /> Klinger, D., M. Turnipseed, J. L. Anderson, F. Asche, L. Crowder, A. Guttormsen, B. Halpern, M. OConnor, R. Sagarin, K Selkoe, G Shester, M. Smith, P. Tyedmers, Moving Beyond the Fished or Farmed Dichotomy, Marine Policy, (2012): In press.<br /> <br /> Larkin, S., M. Dey, C. Roheim, B. Chidmi, P. Surathkal*, and F. Asche. 2011. Hedonic Analysis of Seafood Scanner Data: An Application to Southern U.S. Markets. P. 63 in NAAFE Forum 2011 Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa and NOAA Fisheries.<br /> <br /> Muawanah, U, R. Pomeroy and C. Marlessy. 2012. Revisiting Fish Wars: Conflict and Collaboration over Fisheries in Indonesia. Coastal Management 40:279288<br /> <br /> North Pacific Fishery Management Council. 2011. Regulatory Amendment for a Catch Sharing Plan For the Pacific Halibut Charter and Commercial Longline Sectors in International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulatory Areas 2C and 3A", Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis. Available from: North Pacific Fishery Management Council. 605 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, Alaska 99501<br /> <br /> North Pacific Fishery Management Council. 2011. Regulatory Impact Review for Proposed Amendment 94 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska to Revising the vessel use caps applicable to quota share held by GOA Community Quota Entities. Available from: North Pacific Fishery Management Council. 605 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, Alaska 99501<br /> <br /> North Pacific Fishery Management Council. 2011. Regulatory Impact Review/Environmental Assessment/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Proposed Amendment 97 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area Amendment 80 Vessel Replacement. Available from: North Pacific Fishery Management Council. 605 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, Alaska 99501<br /> <br /> Pomeroy, R. S. 2012. Managing overcapacity in small-scale fisheries in Southeast Asia. Marine Policy 36: 520-527<br /> <br /> Ratner, B., E. Oh and R. Pomeroy. 2012. Governance reform from the bottom up: Learning from practice in fisheries co-management. Journal of Environmental Management 107: 131-139<br /> <br /> Roheim, C., F. Asche and J. Santos. 2011. The Elusive Price Premium for Ecolabeled Products: Evidence from Seafood in the U.K. Retail Sector, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 62:655-668. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2011.00299.x.<br /> <br /> Savolainen, M.A., R.H. Caffey and R.F. Kazmierczak, Jr. 2012. The Recreational For-Hire Sector in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: Structural and Economic Observations from the Third Decadal Survey. Proceedings of the 65th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Meeting. In press.<br /> <br /> Savolainen, M.A. 2012. Economic and attitudinal perspectives of the recreational for-hire fishing industry in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. M.S. thesis, Louisiana State University. Available online at http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-03142012-221535/<br /> <br /> Savolainen, M.A., R.H. Caffey, and R.F. Kazmierczak. 2012. Economic and attitudinal perspectives of the recreational for-hire fishing industry in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy, Louisiana State University. Final report to National Marine Fisheries Service. 171 pp. Available online at www.laseagrant.org/pdfs/Gulf-RFH-Survey-Final-Report-2012.pdf<br /> <br /> Singh, Rajesh; Weninger, Quinn, Sea-turtle bycatch management in rights-based fisheries under stock uncertainty, Iowa State Economics Working Paper Series #12014, August 2012<br /> <br /> Singh, Rajesh; Weninger, Quinn, Trading Frictions and Fishery Discards, Iowa State Economics Working Paper Series #12007, April 2012<br /> <br /> Swett, R.A., C. Adams, S. Larkin, A.W. Hodges, and T.J. Stevens. 2011. A Socioeonomic Analysis of Artificial Reef Use for Six Southwest Florida Counties. Technical Paper TP-178, Florida Sea Grant, University of Florida, Gainesville, 144 p.<br /> <br /> Warner, T.E. and R.S. Pomeroy. 2012. Paths of influence: The direct and indirect determinants of Marine Managed Area success. Coastal Management 40:250267<br /> <br /> Warner, T.E. and R.S. Pomeroy. 2012. Creating compliance: a cross-sectional study of the factors associated with Marine Protected Area outcomes. Marine Policy 36:922932

Impact Statements

1. Developed performance-based indicators for estimating long-term wealth generation and sustainability in specific fisheries, as well as for use in identifying ways to enhance and manage specific fisheries.
2. Generated preference and willingness-to-pay data that can be used by the industry to brand and market both aquaculture and wild-caught seafood products to a variety of consumers.
3. Increased awareness and literacy concerning economic issues facing fishing and aquaculture industries through the use of distance education courses with the goal of improving both firm-level and policy-related decision making.

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Participants

Adams, Chuck (adams@ifas.ufl.edu) - University of Florida; Alvarez, Sergio (sergioal@ufl.edu) - University of Florida; Anderson, Jim (janderson8@worldbank.org) - World Bank; Anderson, Chris (cmand@uw.edu) - University of Washington; Freeman, Matt (freeman@agecon.msstate.edu) -Mississippi State University; Kazmierczak, Richard (rkazmierczak@agcenter.lsu.edu) - Louisiana State University; Knapp, Gunnar (Gunnar.Knapp@uaa.alaska.edu) - University of Alaska Anchorage; Larkin, Sherry (slarkin@ufl.edu) - University of Florida; Quagrainie, Kwamena (kquagrai@purdue.edu) - Purdue University; Queirolo, Lew (lew.queirolo@noaa.gov) - NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Region; Ropicki, Andrew (aropicki@ufl.edu) - University of Florida; Savolainen, Michelle (msavolainen@agcenter.lsu.edu) - Louisiana State University; Stemle, Adam - University of Rhode Island; Sylvia, Gil (gil.sylvia@oregonstate.edu) - Oregon State University; Uchida, Hiro (uchida@uri.edu) - University of Rhode Island; Valderrama, Diego (dvalderrama@ufl.edu) - University of Florida; Weninger, Quinn (weninger@iastate.edu) - Iowa State

Brief Summary of Minutes

Accomplishments

Short-term Outcomes:<br /> <br /> 1. Continued development of fisheries performance indicators by members of W2004 in cooperation with The World Bank were implemented on a global scale by The World Bank to test the measures as a mechanism to estimate the wealth generated by individual fisheries and to evaluate and prioritize projects as part of their Global Program on Fisheries (PROFISH)<br /> <br /> 2. An experimental economics study was conducted to examine how fisheries management systems might develop over time when the participants themselves can directly influence the nature of the management scheme and to guide future efforts at instituting rights-based systems that are stable and self-policing.<br /> <br /> 3. Conducted 3 educational session at the biannual NAAFE 2013 meeting, emphasizing (i) the future training and employment opportunities for aquacultural and fisheries economists, (ii) the potential role of network analysis as a tool for understand seafood production and marketing, and (iii) describing the role and process of alternative methods of certifying sustainability in aquaculture and capture seafood industries.<br /> <br /> 4. An internet-based, distance education course developed as part of W2004 activities and entitled The Economics of Fish continues to be taught out of the University of Alaska as a way to address the problem of economic illiteracy in the fishing industry and in the fisheries policy and regulatory development process.<br /> <br /> Outputs:<br /> <br /> The participants produced the following in the third year of the project -- 10 refereed journal publications, 5 technical reports/theses, 3 conference proceedings papers and 4 working papers.<br /> <br /> Activities:<br /> <br /> Major activity items completed in the past year are listed below. Other activities, and more detail on those listed below, are included in the minutes of the annual meeting.<br /> <br /> 1. Calculated the statistical impact of biological and economic impacts of sea lice on farmed salmonids.<br /> <br /> 2. Determined the feasibility and profitability of commercial scale aquaponics in the United States <br /> <br /> 3. Conducted an experimental analysis of the willingess-to-pay for value-added prawns produced by commercial aquaculture operations.<br /> <br /> 4. Analyzed a bioeconomic model of scallop aquaculture production in the Colombian Caribbean with emphasis on the applicability of the analytic techniques to aquaculture in general.<br /> <br /> 5. Determined the long-term health effects, risk perceptions, and consumption patterns for aquacultured seafood in the United States.<br /> <br /> 6. Determined the supply and demand characteristics of various aqucultured and wild-caught seafood products in the United States.<br /> <br /> 7. Examined the sociological, economic, and physical factors that influence effective management strategies in wild fisheries.

Publications

Alvarez, S., S. L. Larkin, T. Haab, and J.C. Whitehead. 2013. Valuing the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Recreational Anglers in the Southeastern U.S., p. 19-20 in Conference Program/Abstracts, CNREP 2013: 4th National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systems: Challenges of Natural Resource Economics & Policy. Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.<br /> <br /> Gardner, C., S. Larkin, and J.C. Seijo. 2013. Systems to Maximise Economic Benefits in Lobster Fisheries, chapter 5, p. 113-138, In Lobsters: Biology, Management, Aquaculture, and Fisheries (2nd ed.). B.F. Phillips (ed). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br /> <br /> Holland, S.M., C. Oh, S. Larkin, and A.W. Holland. 2012. The Operations and Economics of the For-Hire Fishing Fleets of the South Atlantic States and the Atlantic Coast of Florida. Final report prepared for NMFS MARFIN grant no. NA09NMF4330151. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 150 p.<br /> <br /> Larkin, S. 2013. Social Network Analysis in Fisheries, p. 31 in Program and Book of Abstracts: 2013 NAAFE Forum. The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.<br /> <br /> Larkin, S., J. Georges, A. Hodges, M. Allen, and D. Jones. 2012. The Economic Impact of the 2011 Florida BASS Federation Tournament to Osceola County and the Economic Value of Participants. EDIS document FE916, Food and Resource Economics Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Published October 2012. Available at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.<br /> <br /> Larkin, S., S. Alvarez, J. Tetzlaff, M. Allen, C. Walters, B. Lindberg, and B. Pine. 2012. Ecopath-based simulation and optimization of management options for the Eastern Gulf of Mexico reef fish fishery, p. 16 in ICES Report of the Study Group on Integration of Economics, Stock Assessment and Fisheries Management (SGIMM) Report 2012. International Council for Exploration of the Sea. Copenhagen, Denmark.<br /> <br /> Naomosa, E., S. Arita, C. Tamaru and P.S. Leung. 2013. Assessing Hawaiis aquaculture farm and industry performance, Aquaculture Economics and Management, 17(2):184-207.<br /> <br /> Naomosa, E., S. Arita, C. Tamaru and P.S. Leung. CTSA Project Update - Assessing Hawaiis aquaculture farm and industry performance, Regional e-Notes, Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture, April, 2013. <br /> <br /> Ropicki, A. and S. L. Larkin. 2013. Network Analysis of the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper IFQ Program, p. 47 in Conference Program/Abstracts, CNREP 2013: 4th National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systems: Challenges of Natural Resource Economics & Policy. Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.<br /> <br /> Savolainen, M.A., R.H. Caffey and R.F. Kazmierczak, Jr. 2012. The Recreational For-Hire Sector in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: (Structural and Economic Observations from the Third Decadal Survey. Proceedings of the 64th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Meeting 64:102-113. Available online at http://procs.gcfi.org/pdf/GCFI_64-22.pdf<br /> <br /> Savolainen, M.A., R.F. Kazmierczak, and R.H. Caffey. 2013. Resiliency of the Coastal Recreational For-Hire Fishing Industry to Natural Disasters. Estuaries and Coasts, early online view. Published online June 6, 2013, doi:10.1007/s12237-013-9648-6.<br /> <br /> Savolainen, M.A., R.F. Kazmierczak, and R.H. Caffey. 2013. Determining the Impact of Environmental Accidents on Responses to a Gulf of Mexico Recreational For-Hire Fishing Industry Survey. Journal of Fish Biology, early online view. Published online June 5, 2013, doi:10.1111/jfb.12143.<br /> <br /> Singh, Rajesh and Quinn Weninger. 2012. Trading Frictions and Fishery Discards. Iowa State University Department of Economics WP #12007, April.<br /> <br /> Singh, Rajesh and Quinn Weninger. 2012. Sea-turtle bycatch management in rights-based fisheries under stock uncertainty. Iowa State University Department of Economics WP #12014, August<br /> <br /> Singh, Rajesh and Quinn Weninger. 2012. Harvesting uncertainty and discards in multiple-species fisheries. Iowa State University Department of Economics WP #12015, August<br /> <br /> Uchida, Emi, Hirotsugu Uchida, Jung-Sam Lee, Jeong-Gon Ryu and Dae-Young Kim. 2012.<br /> TURFs and clubs: empirical evidence of the effect of self-governance on profitability in South Korea's inshore (maul) fisheries. Environment and Development Economics 17(01):41-65.<br /> <br /> Valcu, Adriana and Quinn Weninger. 2013. Markov-Perfect Rent Dissipation in Rights-Based Fisheries. Marine Resource Economics, 28:111-131.<br /> <br /> Valderrama, D., J. Cai, N. Hishamunda and N. Ridler (Editors). 2013. Social and Economic Dimensions of Carrageenan Seaweed Farming. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 580. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. 216 pages.<br /> <br /> Valderrama, D. and J.L. Anderson. 2013. Improving the economic management of the Bristol Bay (Alaska) sockeye salmon fishery in the age of aquaculture. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 61:145-170.<br /> <br /> Weninger, Quinn and Larry Perruso. 2013. Fishing behavior across space, time and depth: With application to the Gulf of Mexico reef fish fishery, Iowa State University Department of Economics WP #13003, January.<br /> <br /> Wilen, Christopher D. & Wilen, James E., 2012. Fishing down the food chain revisited: Modeling exploited trophic systems. Ecological Economics 79(C):80-88.<br /> <br /> Wilen, James E., José Cancinoand Hirotsugu Uchida. 2012. The Economics of Territorial Use Rights Fisheries, or TURFs. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 6(2):237-257.

Impact Statements

1. Implemented performance-based indicators for estimating long-term wealth generation and sustainability in specific fisheries in the United States and globally, as well as for use in identifying ways to enhance and manage specific fisheries.
2. Generated preference and willingness-to-pay data that can be used by the industry to brand and market both aquaculture and wild-caught seafood products to a variety of consumers.
3. Increased awareness and literacy concerning economic issues facing fishing and aquaculture industries through the use of distance education courses with the goal of improving both firm-level and policy-related decision making.
4. Educated scientists and aquaculture/fishing industry representative on (i) the future training and employment opportunities for aquacultural and fisheries economists, (ii) the potential role of network analysis as a tool for understanding seafood production and marketing, and (iii) the role and process of alternative methods of certifying sustainability in aquaculture and capture seafood industries.
5. Developed models for analyzing the production systems in various aquaculture enterprises, including the physical and economic characteristics necessary for viable system operation.

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