An economic comparison of the commercial and recreational linefisheries in Namibia

Stage, Jesper; Kirchner, Carola

doi:10.2989/18142320509504118

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“…The motivations for fishing are many and diverse, although there is certainly a strong leisure component for most anglers (Fedler and Ditton 1994). Recreational angling as an industry is worth hundreds of billions of dollars in developed countries (U.S. DOC 2002;Henry and Lyle 2003;DFO 2012), and in some developing countries, recreational fisheries can have a greater economic impact than commercial fisheries (Stage and Kirchner 2005). In terms of biomass, recreationally harvested fish (herein referred to as 'game fish') have been estimated to represent up to 12% of global fish catches (Cooke and Cowx 2004), and in some mixed-sector fisheries, it can represent up to 90% of the annual harvest (Coleman et al 2004).…”

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Angling for endangered fish: conservation problem or conservation action?

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Recreational angling has been implicated in population declines of some marine and freshwater fish, but this activity is rarely considered as a threat or even halted when endangered species are targeted. Indeed, in some cases, anglers are drawn to fish for rare or endangered species. Conservation‐oriented behaviours such as catch‐and‐release are often practiced voluntarily due to the ethics of anglers, yet even in these cases, some fishing mortality occurs. Nonetheless, there are many indirect conservation benefits associated with recreational angling. Here, we present a series of case‐studies and consider whether catch‐and‐release angling for endangered fish is a conservation problem or a conservation action. If recreational angling activities contribute to population‐level consequences that are contrary to recovery strategies, then angling for endangered species would seem to be a poor option. However, as revealed by several case‐studies, there is much evidence that anglers are vocal and effective proponents of fish and habitat conservation, and for endangered species, they are often the only voice when other stakeholders are not engaged. Anglers may contribute directly to conservation actions via user fees (e.g. licences), philanthropic donations or by volunteering in research, education and restoration activities. However, it is important to quantify post‐release mortality as well as understand the full suite of factors influencing a given population or species to know the potential risks. A risk assessment approach outlined in the paper may be used by managers to determine when the benefits of angling for endangered species outweigh the risks.

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Angling for endangered fish: conservation problem or conservation action?

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“…Although there is limited information available in southern Africa, recreational fishing is a major contributor to the GDP of many countries. Namibia and particularly its coastal communities derived up to US$ 2.9 million in 2001 (Stage & Kirchner 2005), while a coastal community (St Lucia) in South Africa received an annual benefit of up to US$ 1.2 million (Mann, James & Beckley 2002) from recreational fishing. Despite this economic value, and largely as a result of poor enforcement and ineffective regulations (Griffiths & Lamberth 2002), the South African and Namibian inshore fisheries have experienced drastically reduced catches (Bennett 1992; van der Elst & De freitas 1998;Kirchner 1998, Brouwer & Buxton 2002), and although not documented, have resulted in recreational anglers seeking alternative destinations.…”

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Characteristics and economic contribution of a developing recreational fishery in southern Angola

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The characteristics and contribution of a developing recreational fishery to the local, regional and national economy of Angola were evaluated in 2006. Annual angling effort was 13 435 h, while the estimated total catch of the three target species [leerfish, Lichia amia (L.), west coast dusky kob, Argyrosomus coronus (Griffiths & Heemstra) and shad, Pomatomus saltatrix (L.)], was 5913 fish with a mass of 27 975 kg. Catch per unit effort (CPUE) for all teleost species combined was 0.44 fish per angler h )1 and 2.08 kg per angler h )1 . Total harvest of the three species was 576 fish with a total mass of 2221.6 kg. The total contribution of this recreational fishery (mostly anglers from South Africa)

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“…For tradeoffs between recrea tional and commercial fisheries, it is similarly natural to use the consumer surplus from the recreational fishery and the producer surplus from the commercial fishery as indicators of their respective economic benefits. See Schuhmann and Easley (2000), who find that reduced com mercial red drum fishing in North Carolina leads to a loss of producer surplus but also has stock effects that increase the consumer surplus in the recreational angling sector, or Stage and Kirchner (2005), who study the optimal allocation of fishing rights in Namibian linefishing between the recreational angling sector and two subsectors of commercial linefishing by esti mating impacts of different rights allocations on consumer and producer surpluses in the re spective sectors. In the management of tradeoffs between different fisheries, or between fisher ies and other economic activities, dynamic considerations tend to become important.…”

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The Value of the Swedish Eel Fishery

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2015

Marine Resource Economics

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Traditional sectors, such as agriculture and fishing, often receive special treatment from policymakers be cause such sectors are perceived to be associated with traditional cultural public good values. However, these values are often difficult to measure, and few attempts have been made to do so. The recent Euro pean Union (EU) eel management directive creates an unusually clear-cut tradeoff between eel fishing and other agents affecting the European eel population. It is possible, therefore, to directly measure the per ceived public good value of the eel fishery in terms of other economic costs that policymakers are willing to incur in order to maintain eel fishing. Using Swedish data, we find that Swedish policymakers value the public good aspect of the remaining Swedish eel fishery at a minimum of SEK 34 million (approximately EUR 3.4 million) annually, which is more than the commercial eel fishery's actual production value.

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An economic comparison of the commercial and recreational linefisheries in Namibia

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

Angling for endangered fish: conservation problem or conservation action?

Angling for endangered fish: conservation problem or conservation action?

Characteristics and economic contribution of a developing recreational fishery in southern Angola

The Value of the Swedish Eel Fishery

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