Effects of regulations on technical efficiency of U.S. baitfish and sportfish producers

Senten, Jonathan van; Dey, Madan M.; Engle, Carole R.

doi:10.1080/13657305.2018.1454539

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“…However, as a producer, the United States did not take part in the aquaculture revolution, and today, it is a minor player, accounting for 0.39% of global production in 2017. There are of course several reasons for this, with tight regulations and high regulatory cost receiving the most attention (Chu, Anderson, Asche, & Tudur, ; Chu & Tudur, ; Engle & Stone, ; Knapp & Rubino, ; van Senten & Engle, ; van Senten & Engle, ). The fact of the matter remains that aquaculture production is not significant in the United States and that the landings of wild fish are stable and unlikely to increase; thus, any increase in seafood consumption in the United States has to be based on imports.…”

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U.S. seafood consumption

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Asche

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U.S. seafood consumption has changed dramatically in recent decades and has become increasingly dominated by the consumption of a limited number of species that are primarily imported and predominantly sourced from aquaculture. In getting to this point, the United States has been, and still is, at the forefront of some of the most important trends in global seafood markets. Hence, discussing the factors influencing U.S. seafood consumption patterns is an interesting and informative endeavor and will most likely also have strong predictive power for the continued development of seafood markets in the United States. In this article, we will discuss the transitions in the U.S. seafood market, primarily focusing on the period from 1990 to the present, highlighting the main factors that facilitated this development. This article provides an overview of U.S. landings, aquaculture production, exports, and imports and also explores contributing trends in global export and import markets. This will be followed by a discussion of U.S. per capita consumption patterns and an examination of the consolidation of species consumed over time. Finally, implications for future trends in seafood consumption and production are discussed.

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Section: Overview Of Landings Imports and Exports And Aquaculture Pmentioning

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U.S. seafood consumption

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Anderson

Asche

et al. 2019

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“…Facility‐level information on compliance costs of regulations are generally lacking but are especially important for industries that are heterogeneous in terms of size (National Center for Environmental Economics, ). To gain a better understanding of the on‐farm economic effects of the implementation of regulations in the United States, van Senten and Engle () found costs on baitfish/sportfish farms to be, on average, $148,554/farm, $7,383/ha, and to constitute 25% of total costs of production. Per‐hectare costs were found to be substantially greater on smaller, when compared to larger, baitfish/sportfish farms and may have contributed to the exodus of small farms from the industry.…”

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“…Per‐hectare costs were found to be substantially greater on smaller, when compared to larger, baitfish/sportfish farms and may have contributed to the exodus of small farms from the industry. A subsequent analysis showed that regulations decreased farm‐level efficiency as owners and managers were required to spend greater amounts of time on record keeping and reporting and proportionately less time on farm‐level innovation and market development (Kumar, ; van Senten, Dey, & Engle, ). Asche and Roll () and Dresdner and Estay () similarly found that regulatory requirements contributed to farm‐level inefficiencies.…”

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“…Thus, there is some evidence, in at least one sector of aquaculture in the United States, that there may be opportunities to reduce the regulatory cost burden on aquaculture farms without compromising societal goals that led to the respective laws. The baitfish/sportfish regulatory cost studies further demonstrated a high degree of variation by state and by species raised (van Senten et al, ; van Senten & Engle, ). Thus, there is reason to believe that the magnitude and costs of regulations may differ for other species raised in other states.…”

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Regulatory costs on U.S. salmonid farms

Engle

Senten

Fornshell

2019

J World Aquaculture Soc

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The economic effects of the implementation of regulations on aquaculture farms in the United States, while of concern, are not well understood. A national survey was conducted of salmonid (trout and salmon) farms in 17 states of the United States to measure on‐farm regulatory costs and to identify which regulations were the most costly to this industry segment. The response rate was 63%, with a coverage rate of 94.5% of the U.S. production of salmonids. The regulatory system resulted in increased national on‐farm costs of $16.1 million/year, lost markets with a sales value of $7.1 million/year, lost production of $5.3 million/year, and thwarted expansion attempts estimated at $40.1 million/year. Mean farm regulatory costs were $150,506/farm annually, or $2.71/kg; lost markets with annual sales values of $66,274/farm; annual lost production of $49,064/farm; and an annual value of thwarted expansion attempts estimated at $375,459/farm. Smaller‐scale farms were affected to a disproportionately greater negative extent than larger‐scale farms. Per‐farm regulatory costs were, on average, greater for foodfish producers than for producers selling to recreational markets, but per‐kg regulatory costs were greater for those selling to recreational compared to foodfish markets. Regulatory costs constituted 12% of total production and marketing costs on U.S. salmonid farms. The greatest regulatory costs were found to be effluent discharge regulations. The majority of regulatory costs were fixed costs, but regulatory barriers to expansion precluded compensatory adjustments to the business in spite of growing demand for salmonid products. Results of this study show that the on‐farm regulatory cost burden is substantial and has negatively affected the U.S. salmonid industry's ability to respond to strong demand for U.S. farm‐raised salmonid products. Results also suggest that the regulatory system has contributed to the decline in the number of U.S. salmonid farms. While regulations will necessarily have some degree of cost to farms, the magnitude of the on‐farm regulatory cost burden on U.S. salmonid farms calls for concerted efforts to identify and implement innovative regulatory monitoring and compliance frameworks that reduce the on‐farm regulatory cost burden.

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“…The research focus remains on economic and societal conflict around resource use, environmental concerns, and potential recreational/leisure conflicts. Much of this information has led to increasingly onerous and costly regulatory response (Abate et al ; van Senten and Engle ). In developed nations, increasing importance is thus being assigned to social license, or “the demands on and expectations for a business enterprise that emerge from neighborhoods, environmental groups, community members, and other elements of the surrounding civil society” (Gunningham et al ).…”

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Societal and Economic Impacts of Aquaculture

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Effects of regulations on technical efficiency of U.S. baitfish and sportfish producers

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