Fisheries benefits of a marine protected area with endogenous fishing efforts – A bioeconomic analysis

Submitted by Tali Hoffman on
EfD Authors:
Leiman, Anthony

The study assesses the conservation and fisheries benefits of the Blue Bay Marine Park in Mauritius. It addresses the question - are the higher catch rates near the Park a result of population spillovers or of reduced fishing effort in those waters due to site-specific attributes? There is no data on catches and fishing effort prior to the reserve's establishment; a bioeconomic model is used to separate the effects of spillover and effort redistribution on catch rates in waters next to the Marine Park.

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Fisheries

Fisheries performance in Africa: An analysis based on data from 14 countries

Submitted by Tali Hoffman on
EfD Authors:
Akpalu, Wisdom
Amaechina, Ebele
Chukwuone, Nnaemeka Andegbe
Eggert, Håkan
Lokina, Razack
Tibesigwa, Byela
Turpie, Jane

The Fishery Performance Indicators is a data collection tool that allows collection of comparable fisheries data in the environmental, economic and community pillars even under data poor circumstances. In this paper, data collected for 35 fisheries in 14 African countries are analyzed and compared to global averages. Similar to a previous global analysis, the different pillars of sustainability were positively correlated. The results are even more pronounced for Africa than globally.

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Fisheries

The impact of nature documentaries on public environmental preferences and willingness to pay: entropy balancing and the blue planet II effect

Submitted by Luat Do on
EfD Authors:
Xuan, Bui Bich

In this study, the discrete choice experiment approach was employed in a survey of the Scottish general public to analyze how respondents make tradeoffs between blue growth potential and marine ecosystem service delivery associated with the Mingulay cold water reef complex. Results indicate a higher willingness to pay for management options associated with the highest possible levels of marine litter control followed by the highest possible levels of fish health.

Peer Reviewed
Conservation, Fisheries

Policy Brief on, "Changes in Lake Victoria's Hydrology,Water Quality and Livelihoods". EfD-Mak Center Uganda November 2020

Submitted by Jane Anyango on

Key Messages

Lake Victoria Basin is facing a number of challenges:

Policy Brief
Agriculture, Air Quality, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy, Fisheries, Forestry, Land, Waste, Water
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