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• 41. [Article] Recent Adjustments in Northeast US Fresh Groundfish and Scallop Processing and Marketing

  The North Atlantic U.S. groundfish and scallop processing industries are a tale of two fisheries. The groundfish processing industry has suffered a steep, almost continual decline in landings starting ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Recent Adjustments in Northeast US Fresh Groundfish and Scallop Processing and Marketing Author: Georgianna, Daniel, Lee, Min-Yang The North Atlantic U.S. groundfish and scallop processing industries are a tale of two fisheries. The groundfish processing industry has suffered a steep, almost continual decline in landings starting in 1984 that resulted in 2014 landings that were only 16% of 1983 landings. US scallop landings increased from 5 million mt in 1998 to 30 mill mt in 2004, remaining around that peak until 2012. Both processing industries had to adjust: groundfish processors had to find new sources of fresh groundfish and other products to fill customers’ orders and scallop processors had to find new customers to buy its surplus product. This study used interviews with processors and data on landings, imports and exports to examine the marketing strategies of these processing industries to adjust to trends in landings and to evaluate their success within the confines the US Magnuson-Stevens Act. After imported whole groundfish from Canada were eliminated as substitutes for local landings, groundfish processors increased diversification of products as substitute for fresh groundfish to fill their customers’ orders, scouring the world for products such as Pacific cod, other groundfish, and some pelagic species. They also skipped the wholesale market to sell direct to retailers and restaurants. Not all succeeded, processing plants declined by almost half since 1990. Scallop processors successfully developed new markets for scallops, through exports and IQF packing for restaurants. The doubling of ex-vessel scallop prices, adjusted for inflation, since 2000 shows their success, which also supports processors’ claims that steady increasing supply improves product sales. Title: Recent Adjustments in Northeast US Fresh Groundfish and Scallop Processing and Marketing Author: Georgianna, Daniel, Lee, Min-Yang The North Atlantic U.S. groundfish and scallop processing industries are a tale of two fisheries. The groundfish processing industry has suffered a steep, almost continual decline in landings starting in 1984 that resulted in 2014 landings that were only 16% of 1983 landings. US scallop landings increased from 5 million mt in 1998 to 30 mill mt in 2004, remaining around that peak until 2012. Both processing industries had to adjust: groundfish processors had to find new sources of fresh groundfish and other products to fill customers’ orders and scallop processors had to find new customers to buy its surplus product. This study used interviews with processors and data on landings, imports and exports to examine the marketing strategies of these processing industries to adjust to trends in landings and to evaluate their success within the confines the US Magnuson-Stevens Act. After imported whole groundfish from Canada were eliminated as substitutes for local landings, groundfish processors increased diversification of products as substitute for fresh groundfish to fill their customers’ orders, scouring the world for products such as Pacific cod, other groundfish, and some pelagic species. They also skipped the wholesale market to sell direct to retailers and restaurants. Not all succeeded, processing plants declined by almost half since 1990. Scallop processors successfully developed new markets for scallops, through exports and IQF packing for restaurants. The doubling of ex-vessel scallop prices, adjusted for inflation, since 2000 shows their success, which also supports processors’ claims that steady increasing supply improves product sales. Close

• 42. [Article] Geographic Concentration in the Northeast U.S. Sea Scallop Fishery

  New Bedford’s share of Atlantic sea scallops landings and revenues increased from 44% in 1996 to 67% in 2013. Explanations for industrial agglomerations often focus on the relative importance of natural ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Geographic Concentration in the Northeast U.S. Sea Scallop Fishery Author: Carr-Harris, Andrew, Speir, Cameron, Lee, Min-Yang New Bedford’s share of Atlantic sea scallops landings and revenues increased from 44% in 1996 to 67% in 2013. Explanations for industrial agglomerations often focus on the relative importance of natural advantage and economies of scale or scope. We use the absolute and relative Theil indices of disproportionality to examine changes in geographic concentration of landings in this fishery from 1996-2013. During this time, the scallop stock was rebuilt from an overfished condition, large areas of the ocean were closed to fishing, portions of those areas were re-opened to scallop fishing, and a formal rotational management program was put into place. The relative Theil index shows that the geographic distribution of sea scallop landings has grown increasingly similar to the geographic distribution of other federally managed fisheries during this time period, although there were 3 brief reversals of this trend. The absolute Theil indicates that the geographic distribution of landings was characterized by a relatively stable period through 1999, a period of accelerating divergence from the 1996 baseline, abrupt reversion to a new steady state from 2007-2012, and another abrupt change in 2013. Because the Theil disproportionality measures are aspatial, we conduct Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) to examine global and local indicators of spatial association such as hot spots, cold spots, and negative spatial autocorrelation. Title: Geographic Concentration in the Northeast U.S. Sea Scallop Fishery Author: Carr-Harris, Andrew, Speir, Cameron, Lee, Min-Yang New Bedford’s share of Atlantic sea scallops landings and revenues increased from 44% in 1996 to 67% in 2013. Explanations for industrial agglomerations often focus on the relative importance of natural advantage and economies of scale or scope. We use the absolute and relative Theil indices of disproportionality to examine changes in geographic concentration of landings in this fishery from 1996-2013. During this time, the scallop stock was rebuilt from an overfished condition, large areas of the ocean were closed to fishing, portions of those areas were re-opened to scallop fishing, and a formal rotational management program was put into place. The relative Theil index shows that the geographic distribution of sea scallop landings has grown increasingly similar to the geographic distribution of other federally managed fisheries during this time period, although there were 3 brief reversals of this trend. The absolute Theil indicates that the geographic distribution of landings was characterized by a relatively stable period through 1999, a period of accelerating divergence from the 1996 baseline, abrupt reversion to a new steady state from 2007-2012, and another abrupt change in 2013. Because the Theil disproportionality measures are aspatial, we conduct Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) to examine global and local indicators of spatial association such as hot spots, cold spots, and negative spatial autocorrelation. Close

• 43. [Article] An Iterated Multiyear Simulation Model to Assess Impacts of Halibut Bycatch Limits

  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fisheries are hugely productive with 2008 – 2014 harvests averaging 1.6 million tons and generating $1.95 billion annually. The BSAI also hosts a commercial ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: An Iterated Multiyear Simulation Model to Assess Impacts of Halibut Bycatch Limits Author: Hartley, Marcus Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fisheries are hugely productive with 2008 – 2014 harvests averaging 1.6 million tons and generating $1.95 billion annually. The BSAI also hosts a commercial halibut fishery with 2013 landings of 3,500 tons and revenues of $41.5 million. Downward trends in halibut biomass combined with continued bycatch mortality in the groundfish fishery pushed the commercial harvests down to 2,000 tons in 2014, with lower harvest limits expected in 2015. Halibut bycatch mortality in the groundfish fisheries have exceeded commercial halibut harvests since 2012, and barring significant changes, bycatch will continue to exceed commercial harvests. An Iterated Multi-year Simulation (IMS) model was developed to assess future impacts to both the groundfish and commercial halibut fisheries of proposed reductions of up to 35 percent from current NMFS limits on bycatch mortality, established in the groundfish management plan. The IMS-model randomly selects from the basis years (2008 – 2013) to generate a simulated future from 2014 – 2023, in which the exploitable halibut biomass is held at 2014 estimates. Each randomly drawn year brings with it the halibut bycatch from that year, along with the groundfish harvests and revenue generated. Allowable future halibut harvests are estimated using the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s harvest policy algorithm, which nets out predicted bycatch mortality from exploitable biomass levels. After 10,000 iterations, the IMS-model yields distributions of expected bycatch and harvest levels, along with estimates of changes in the net present value of revenue over the 10-year future period for both the halibut and groundfish fisheries. Title: An Iterated Multiyear Simulation Model to Assess Impacts of Halibut Bycatch Limits Author: Hartley, Marcus Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fisheries are hugely productive with 2008 – 2014 harvests averaging 1.6 million tons and generating $1.95 billion annually. The BSAI also hosts a commercial halibut fishery with 2013 landings of 3,500 tons and revenues of $41.5 million. Downward trends in halibut biomass combined with continued bycatch mortality in the groundfish fishery pushed the commercial harvests down to 2,000 tons in 2014, with lower harvest limits expected in 2015. Halibut bycatch mortality in the groundfish fisheries have exceeded commercial halibut harvests since 2012, and barring significant changes, bycatch will continue to exceed commercial harvests. An Iterated Multi-year Simulation (IMS) model was developed to assess future impacts to both the groundfish and commercial halibut fisheries of proposed reductions of up to 35 percent from current NMFS limits on bycatch mortality, established in the groundfish management plan. The IMS-model randomly selects from the basis years (2008 – 2013) to generate a simulated future from 2014 – 2023, in which the exploitable halibut biomass is held at 2014 estimates. Each randomly drawn year brings with it the halibut bycatch from that year, along with the groundfish harvests and revenue generated. Allowable future halibut harvests are estimated using the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s harvest policy algorithm, which nets out predicted bycatch mortality from exploitable biomass levels. After 10,000 iterations, the IMS-model yields distributions of expected bycatch and harvest levels, along with estimates of changes in the net present value of revenue over the 10-year future period for both the halibut and groundfish fisheries. Close

• 44. [Article] A Study of the Impacts of Free Trade on Taiwan's Fisheries Sector - by Incorporating the Effect of Mainland China's Accession

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: A Study of the Impacts of Free Trade on Taiwan's Fisheries Sector - by Incorporating the Effect of Mainland China's Accession Author: Chiang, Fu-Sung Research Paper Title: A Study of the Impacts of Free Trade on Taiwan's Fisheries Sector - by Incorporating the Effect of Mainland China's Accession Author: Chiang, Fu-Sung Research Paper Close

• 45. [Article] Value added in Norwegian Fisheries; The Creation, the distribution, and value added strategies

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Value added in Norwegian Fisheries; The Creation, the distribution, and value added strategies Author: Vassdal, Terje, Trondsen, Torbjørn Research Paper Title: Value added in Norwegian Fisheries; The Creation, the distribution, and value added strategies Author: Vassdal, Terje, Trondsen, Torbjørn Research Paper Close

• 46. [Article] The changing market position of farmed salmon in the UK : is salmon losing its luxury image?

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: The changing market position of farmed salmon in the UK : is salmon losing its luxury image? Author: Clay, Patty L., Revell, Brian J. Research Paper Title: The changing market position of farmed salmon in the UK : is salmon losing its luxury image? Author: Clay, Patty L., Revell, Brian J. Research Paper Close