Modelling the fishing costs of French commercial vessels in the Bay of Biscay

Daures, Fabienne; Trenkel, Verena M.; Guyader, Olivier

doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2013.03.022

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“…The latter enables the development of energy efficient approaches for fishing vessels (e.g. Suuronen et al, 2012) and prediction of fuel costs (Daurès, Trenkel, & Guyader, 2013). …”

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Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models—Evaluation, review and challenges for implementation

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Marine ecosystems evolve under many interconnected and area-specific pressures. To fulfil society's intensifying and diversifying needs while ensuring ecologically sustainable development, more effective marine spatial planning and broader-scope management of marine resources is necessary. Integrated ecological-economic fisheries models (IEEFMs) of marine systems are needed to evaluate impacts and sustainability of potential management actions and understand, and anticipate ecological, economic and social dynamics at a range of scales from local to national and regional. To make these models most effective, it is important to determine how model characteristics and methods of communicating results influence the model implementation, the nature of the advice that can be provided and the impact on decisions taken by managers. This article presents a global review and comparative evaluation of 35 IEEFMs applied to marine fisheries and marine ecosystem resources to identify the characteristics that determine their usefulness, effectiveness and implementation. The focus is on fully integrated models that allow for feedbacks between ecological and human processes although not all the models reviewed achieve that. Modellers must invest more time to make models user friendly and to participate in management fora where models and model results can be explained and discussed. Such involvement is beneficial to all parties, leading to improvement of models and more effective implementation of advice, but demands substantial resources which must be built into the governance process. It takes time to develop effective processes for using IEEFMs requiring a long-term commitment to integrating multidisciplinary modelling advice into management decision-making. K E Y W O R D Sbio-economic models, comparative model evaluation, fisheries management advice, integrated ecological-economic fisheries models, marine spatial planning and cross-sector management, performance criteria and scales and risks, use and acceptance and implementation and communication and flexibility and complexity | INTRODUCTIONThere is a growing need for tools to evaluate policies and assess tradeoffs in management of marine resources and provision of ecosystem services such as fishing, aquaculture, renewable energy, shipping, conservation and recreation (Cormier, Kannen, Elliott, & Hall, 2015;Degnbol & Wilson, 2008;EU 2014;Langlois, Fréon, Steyer, Delgenés, & Hélias, 2014;White et al., 2012). It is necessary to elaborate and apply common principles and broader, interdisciplinary management evaluation in the use of marine space involving several types of activities and sectors Soma et al., 2013;Stelzenmüller et al., 2013;Sundblad et al., 2014). Policymakers need to know the costs and benefits of conserving ecosystem goods and services to manage them sustainably. Moreover, according to an ecosystembased approach to management, specific pressures, associated uncertainties and risks need to be taken into account (Douvere, 2008;Ehler & Douvere, 2009;Gi...

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“…In this study, individual vessel data is aggregated at the fleet level, consequently vessels behave as homogenous. Detailed analysis of the cost structure in the Bay of Biscay fisheries can be found in Daurès, Trenkel, and Guyader (2013).…”

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“…Labor costs represent about 35%, on average, of the total EU fishing fleet costs (STECF 2012). Daurès, Trenkel, and Guyader (2013) estimated that labor costs represent between 40 and 60% of total costs of the French fleets operating in the Atlantic area (Bay of Biscay) depending on the fleets considered, with highest percentages for vessel using passive gear.…”

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Effects of the Share Remuneration System on Fisheries Management Targets and Rent Distribution

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Merzéréaud

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Marine Resource Economics

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A B S T R A C TMost fisheries worldwide remunerate their crew with a share system, where crew receive a part of the revenues or a part of the revenues less costs, rather than a fixed wage. Although labor is one of the main costs in fisheries and the share remuneration system has a strong influence on firm behavior and its economic performance, little attention has been paid it. In a share remuneration system, crew salaries can significantly increase when the economic performance of a vessel improves. This allows the crew to capture part of the fisheries rent. Bioeconomic analyses are performed for the Bay of Biscay nephrops fishery on main management targets. Results confirm the importance of considering a share system compared to a fixed remuneration system in vessel owner (capital) and crew (labor) rent distribution and fishing decisions.

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“…The dominant cost component depends on the fleet analysed (Daurès et al 2013). Two of the main components are crew remuneration and fuel costs.…”

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Measuring the economic efficiency of a crew share remuneration system: a case study of the Basque purse seiner-live bait fleet

Prellezo

Iriondo

2016

Aquat. Living Resour.

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-Crew share remuneration systems are extensively used in fisheries as a way to tackle the moral hazard problem caused by asymmetric information distribution between the capital owner and the crew. To conduct a principalagent analysis of such a system, it is important to know how it deals with fuel costs. This paper is based on economic efficiency indicator calculations and a number of simulations for the Basque purse seiner-live bait fleet to shed light on the crew-capital owner relationship in this principal-agent problem. We conclude that the share remuneration system can protect crewmembers from variations in fuel prices, which might be one of the factors explaining its popularity. However, some profit indicators are affected by the remuneration system and, thus, cannot be used for the comparisons of economic efficiency of the fleets.

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Modelling the fishing costs of French commercial vessels in the Bay of Biscay

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Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models—Evaluation, review and challenges for implementation

Integrated ecological–economic fisheries models—Evaluation, review and challenges for implementation

Effects of the Share Remuneration System on Fisheries Management Targets and Rent Distribution

Measuring the economic efficiency of a crew share remuneration system: a case study of the Basque purse seiner-live bait fleet

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