Acronym SeaSurf
Category
Fisheries
Title Multi-species dynamics above and beneath the sea-surface Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Linda Nøstbakken Coordinator email Linda.Nostbakken@nhh.no
Coordinator institution
SNF - Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration (Norway)
Institutions involved
UiO - University of Oslo (Norway) ,
Start year 2015 End year 2019 Funding (€) € 1,202,526 Website https://www.mn.uio.no/cees/english/research/projects/421129/index.html Summary It is essential to account for multi-species dynamics if we want to manage marine resources efficiently and sustainably. Multi-species interactions exist both above and beneath the sea-surface, and the fishermen's catch and landings decisions link what happens in the market, above the sea-surface, with what happens in the waters below the surface. For example, cod and haddock products are to some degree interchangeable in the market (above the sea-surface), while the two species are competitors beneath the sea surface. The fishermen's decisions of how much to catch of each species, where to land, and when will affect both the biological stock development and the markets. These markets and stock developments will in turn affect the behavior of fishermen. Regulation that ignore such feedbacks may lead to unwanted outcomes.
The research project analyzes the interplay between the behavioral, market, the biological dimensions of the fisheries system and the regulatory system in several ways. First, we undertake a statistical analysis of landing tickets and related vessel-level data to describe fishermen behavior, which we complement by a game-theoretical analysis of underlying incentives. Second, we focus on the multi-species dynamics beneath the sea-surface and investigate how using economic information would inform biological stock projections and the debate on "balanced harvesting." Third, we use new ways to analyze the interplay between regulations and fishermen's incentives, and we uncover people's basic behavioral preferences using economic experiments in which individuals face real trade-offs between monetary payoffs. Finally, we conclude the project by unifying the lessons learned into policy advice.
Keywords
Market;
Fishery policy;
Fisheries management;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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