Intraseason Harvest Regulation for Fish and Wildlife Recreation: An Application to Fishery Policy

Determination of fish landing price is important, as the same contributes to the structure, conduct and performance of the fish market in Lake Victoria. Determination of relevant landing price is a gap to console between fishermen, agents (middlemen), processors and the government. The main objective of this study was therefore to examine fish price determination. Specifically, to examine the methods for fish price determination and analyse factors that affect fish landing price in Lake Victoria, a cross-sectional design was employed, and 300 respondents were randomly selected from two district councils, namely, Sengerema and Buchosa. Both qualitative and quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics and inferential analysis. Findings show that landing price is determined through formal negotiation with processors, consultation with other traders, informal negotiation with buyers and Beach Management Unit (BMU). The study concluded that these are the common methods used to determine landing prices. Also, distance from fishing to onshore landing centres, market information channels, age and experiences of the fishermen are the factors significantly found affecting landing price. It is recommended that the mechanism for setting up fishery price, fish market structure, fishery information and the formation of fishery regulatory body needs fishery policy and sector reforms that mark the determination of fish landing price.

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Does Capacity Analysis Help us Meet Fishery Policy and Management Objectives?

Marine Resource Economics ◽

10.1086/mre.22.1.42629537 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 77-77

Author(s):

Cathy A. Roheim

Keyword(s):

Capacity Analysis ◽

Management Objectives ◽

Fishery Policy

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Bioinformatics Approach to Mitigate Mislabeling in EU Seafood Market and Protect Consumer Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18147497 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (14) ◽

pp. 7497

Author(s):

Gabriella Vindigni ◽

Alfredo Pulvirenti ◽

Salvatore Alaimo ◽

Clara Monaco ◽

Daniela Spina ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dna Barcoding ◽

Value Chain ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Molecular Techniques ◽

Consumer Information ◽

Fish Market ◽

Fishery Policy ◽

Fisheries Policy ◽

Consumer Interests ◽

Zoonotic Parasites

Fisheries products are some of the most traded commodities world-wide and the potential for fraud is a serious concern. Fish fraud represents a threat to human health and poses serious concerns due to the consumption of toxins, highly allergenic species, contaminates or zoonotic parasites, which may be present in substituted fish. The substitution of more expensive fish by cheaper species, with similar morphological characteristics but different origins, reflects the need for greater transparency and traceability upon which which the security of the entire seafood value-chain depends. Even though EU regulations have made significant progress in consumer information by stringent labelling requirements, fraud is still widespread. Many molecular techniques such as DNA barcoding provide valuable support to enhance the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in the protection of consumer interests by unequivocally detecting any kind of fraud. This paper aims to highlight both the engagement of EU fishery policy and the opportunity offered by new biotechnology instruments to mitigate the growing fraud in the globalized fish market and to enforce the food security system to protect consumers’ health. In this paper, after a presentation of EU rules on fish labeling and a general overview on the current state of the global fish market, we discuss the public health implications and the opportunities offered by several techniques based on genetics, reporting a case study to show the efficacy of the DNA barcoding methodology in assessing fish traceability and identification, comparing different species of the Epinephelus genus, Mottled Grouper (Mycteroperca rubra) and Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), often improperly sold with the commercial name of “grouper”.

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Fishery policy exploration in the Pearl River Estuary based on an Ecosim model

Ecological Modelling ◽

10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.01.017 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 230 ◽

pp. 34-43 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Y. Wang ◽

S.Y. Li ◽

L.J. Duan ◽

Y. Liu

Keyword(s):

River Estuary ◽

Pearl River Estuary ◽

Pearl River ◽

The Pearl River Estuary ◽

Fishery Policy ◽

The Pearl River

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Classement des sols selon leurs possibilités d’utilisation agricole

Cahiers de géographie du Québec ◽

10.7202/020501ar ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 8 (16) ◽

pp. 231-249

Author(s):

Auguste Mailloux ◽

Armand Dubé ◽

Lauréan Tardif

Keyword(s):

Management Practices ◽

Close Relation ◽

Practical Method ◽

Organic Soils ◽

Present System ◽

Essential Information ◽

Permanent Pasture ◽

Fundamental Value ◽

Wildlife Recreation ◽

Restricted Use

This paper presents a binary soil capability classification System which bas been developed and used in Québec since 1958. The system bas been designed to provide some basic and essential information, regarding the value of the soil, to be integrated in a broad agricultural and economic survey of the region. The basic criteria of the present system are : 1. the fundamental value of the soil determined by the characteristics of the soil profile ; and, 2. the kind and importance of management practices required, v.g. : correction of unfavourable internal or external limitations ; or, indications for a restricted use of the land such as : permanent pasture, wildlife, recreation and forestry. In this system, the capability class is derived by integrating these two variables ; or, in other words, the class is the result of the combination of these two fundamental criteria. The close relation between these two factors or parameters is ex-pressed in the scheme presented in tables I and II for mineral and organic soils respectively. This logical and practical method seems suitable and adaptable to describe any set of landscapes which are of interest to agronomists, economists and regional planning commissions. The regions of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie, Iles-de-la-Madeleine and Montréal have been mapped according to this system.

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A Cybernetic Analysis of Japan’s Fishery Policy Process

Japan and the New Ocean Regime ◽

10.4324/9780429044861-6 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 173-226

Author(s):

Tsuneo Akaha

Keyword(s):

Policy Process ◽

Fishery Policy

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Estimating Recreation Values Associated With Land Use Changes

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics ◽

10.1017/s0081305200015090 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 97-102

Author(s):

Wesley N. Musser ◽

Rod F. Ziemer

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Government Policy ◽

Private Property ◽

Land Use Changes ◽

Natural Resource Economics ◽

Limited Attention ◽

Private Property Rights ◽

Classic Problem ◽

Wildlife Recreation

Achieving optimal use of wildlife resources is a classic problem in natural resource economics. Ciriacy-Wantrup argued that wildlife resources are a case of a fugitive resource for which private property rights cannot easily be defined and therefore government policy may be necessary to obtain optimal use [5, pp. 141–145]. Land use planning is one area of government policy in which limited attention has been given to management of wildlife resources. One reason for the neglect may be the lack of emphasis on estimating the value of wildlife recreation experiences associated with particular land uses. An exception is the work of Martin, Tinney, and Gum [16] who did not look at marginal land use changes but did consider the termination of all cattle ranching in Arizona and its effect on recreational and agricultural economic surpluses.

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