Shorebased Processor Outcomes Under Catch Shares

Guldin, Marie; Warlick, Amanda; Errend, Melissa N.; Pfeiffer, Lisa; Steiner, Erin

doi:10.1080/08920753.2018.1522490

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“…It is important to note that many of these changes in wages cannot be directly attributed to the implementation of the catch share program. This is especially true for whiting vessels that experienced a dramatic increase in TAC allocated to the sector as well as ex-vessel prices that were higher under catch shares compared to the pre-catch shares period (Errend et al 2018;Guldin et al 2018). The groundfish sector experienced a slight decrease in the total volume of catch, but maintained ex-vessel revenues close to or slightly higher under catch shares due to growth in ex-vessel prices for some species (Errend et al 2018).…”

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Crew in the West Coast Groundfish Catch Share Program: Changes in Compensation and Job Satisfaction

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Catch share programs can have far-reaching effects on coastal communities and the people that rely on fishing income, including crew members. Analysis of management actions affecting crew wages and well-being is often limited due to a dearth of available data. We examine crew-related outcomes during the first six years of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program using two unique datasetsa mandatory economic survey and a voluntary social science study. We find that impacts on crew compensation differ from other catch share programs due to prior conditions of the fishery and also vary by the target species within the program. The median number of crew positions per vessel increased slightly, annual crew days decreased, and crew wage as a percentage of revenue was nearly unchanged, even with the introduction of new costs. Median daily crew compensation

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Crew in the West Coast Groundfish Catch Share Program: Changes in Compensation and Job Satisfaction

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“…5 In addition, the greater flexibility of harvester operations has potentially had some unintended consequences for processors. Previously, bimonthly landing limits ensured a steady flow of non-whiting groundfish deliveries, while the catch share program allows harvesters to operate more efficiently, which has resulted in fewer days at sea and fewer deliveries to processors, even while the overall temporal distribution of landings has not changed (Guldin et al 2018). Processors have suggested that this negatively affects their profitability.…”

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Economic Outcomes for Harvesters under the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program: Have Goals and Objectives Been Met?

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The West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program was designed to achieve multiple economic goals and objectives, including increasing net benefits, profitability, flexibility, and utilization of harvest allocations. In this article, we leverage seven years of comprehensive cost and earnings data to evaluate progress towards these goals with a focus on harvesters. Our assessment shows that five years post-implementation, net benefits to the nation have doubled, and indicators of productivity and profitability have increased. The fleet that targets Pacific whiting has seen the largest gains, due in part to increases in total allowable catch and the elimination of the race-to-fish. However, increased revenues have not been realized to the degree that was expected for harvesters targeting non-whiting groundfish, partly due to lower than predicted consolidation and relatively low quota utilization. Economic outcomes indicate that tradeoffs exist between certain objectives of the program, specifically between achieving full utilization and flexibility for harvesters. Results are discussed in the context of the design and evaluation of catch share programs for diverse, multispecies fisheries.

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“…While several West Coast groundfish stocks were rebuilt during the last two decades [40] and total allowable catches have been increasing [41], utilization of many species remains low [42], and much of the revenue generated from this fishery is now concentrated within fewer ports, primarily in Oregon (Fig 1E). These patterns coincide with declines in the number of fish buyers, reduced processing capacity, and increased spatial consolidation of processing, which in turn may impact the magnitude and distribution of fishing effort [37,43,44]. Together, these trends suggest that port-level bottom trawl groundfish fishing fleets (hereafter, groundfish fleets) are a useful set of fleets on which to focus because each is subject to the same regulations and market forces, operates within a similar geographic area, experiences environmentally-driven change in species' availability, and therefore shares common opportunities and challenges.…”

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Stay or go? Geographic variation in risks due to climate change for fishing fleets that adapt in-place or adapt on-the-move

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From fishers to farmers, people across the planet who rely directly upon natural resources for their livelihoods and well-being face extensive impacts from climate change. However, local- and regional-scale impacts and associated risks can vary geographically, and the implications for development of adaptation pathways that will be most effective for specific communities are underexplored. To improve this understanding at relevant local scales, we developed a coupled social-ecological approach to assess the risk posed to fishing fleets by climate change, applying it to a case study of groundfish fleets that are a cornerstone of fisheries along the U.S. West Coast. Based on the mean of three high-resolution climate projections, we found that more poleward fleets may experience twice as much local temperature change as equatorward fleets, and 3–4 times as much depth displacement of historical environmental conditions in their fishing grounds. Not only are they more highly exposed to climate change, but some poleward fleets are >10x more economically-dependent on groundfish. While we show clear regional differences in fleets’ flexibility to shift to new fisheries via fisheries diversification (‘adapt in-place’) or shift their fishing grounds in response to future change through greater mobility (‘adapt on-the-move’), these differences do not completely mitigate the greater exposure and economic dependence of more poleward fleets. Therefore, on the U.S. West Coast more poleward fishing fleets may be at greater overall risk due to climate change, in contrast to expectations for greater equatorward risk in other parts of the world. Through integration of climatic, ecological, and socio-economic data, this case study illustrates the potential for widespread implementation of risk assessment at scales relevant to fishers, communities, and decision makers. Such applications will help identify the greatest opportunities to mitigate climate risks through pathways that enhance flexibility and other dimensions of adaptive capacity.

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Shorebased Processor Outcomes Under Catch Shares

Cited by 5 publications

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Crew in the West Coast Groundfish Catch Share Program: Changes in Compensation and Job Satisfaction

Crew in the West Coast Groundfish Catch Share Program: Changes in Compensation and Job Satisfaction

Economic Outcomes for Harvesters under the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program: Have Goals and Objectives Been Met?

Stay or go? Geographic variation in risks due to climate change for fishing fleets that adapt in-place or adapt on-the-move

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