Design for Sustainable Fisheries — Modeling Fishery Economics

Sustainability and resource productivity

Design for Sustainable Fisheries -- Modeling Fishery Economics

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Design for Sustainable Fisheries -- Modeling Fishery Economics

September 2011

Sheila Bonini Nakul Saran Lothar Stein

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Acknowledgements

We would like to extend particular thanks to our academic collaborators Christopher Costello, Steve Gaines and Brandon Chasco at the University of California Santa Barbara and Eco-Analytics for providing the biological modeling, to Roberto Mielgo Bregazzi for his input on the bluefin tuna case study and detailed data on Tuna Ranching, and to Esther Jang of California Environmental Associates and Kent Strauss of the Environmental Defense Fund, who were active participants in our team and conducted case research on the Gulf of Mexico red snapper and tropical grouper.

We also thank the Design for Sustainable Fisheries team from California Environmental Associates who we worked closely with throughout this work, including Andreas Merkl, Matthew Elliott, Mark Michelin, Antonius Gagern, and Jessica Schoenig.

And, from the Environmental Defense Fund, we would like to thank Pam Baker, Don Barry, Kate Bonzon, Tom Grasso, Rod Fujita, and Doug Rader.

We would also like to thank the steering committee and advisory committee of the Design for Sustainable Fisheries team, supported by the Walton, Packard, Oak and Moore foundations, who provided us with expert input during various stages of the analytical work.

Finally, we thank the experts and practitioners we interviewed for this report. They include:

Sergi Tudela (WWF), Jim Cannon (Sustainable Fisheries Partnership), Laurence Kell and Driss Meski (ICCAT), Trond Bjorndal (CEMARE), Ken Brennan, Juan Ager, Stephen Holiman and Scott Crosson (NOAA), Scott Hickman (Circle H Outfitters), Bubba Cochrane (captain of commercial red snapper vessel - Texas), Chad Haggert (captain at Double Eagle Deep Sea Fishing - Florida), Buddy Guindon (captain of commercial vessel and founder of Katie's Seafood Market - Texas), Tom Raftican (expert on angler certification programs), Robert Gill (GMFMC), Glen Brooks (Gulf Fishermen's Association), and TJ Tate (Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance), Dessy Anngraeni (Sustainable Fisheries Partnership), Michael Fabinyi (James Cook University), Stuart Green (RARE Conservation), Art Hansen, Mavic Matillano, Lida Pet-Soede and Irwin Wong (WWF).

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Acronyms and abbreviations used in this report

BAU ? Business as Usual BFT ? Bluefin Tuna CEA ? California Environmental Associates CITES ? Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species EABT ? East Atlantic Bluefin Tuna FAO ? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GOM ? Gulf of Mexico GMFMC ? Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council ICCAT ? International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas IFQ ? Individual Fishing Quota ITQ ? Individual Transferable Quota IUU ? Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing LRFF ? Live Reef Food Fish MSY ? Maximum Sustainable Yield NOAA ? National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (US) NPV ? Net Present Value RFMO ? Regional Fisheries Management Organization SCRS ? Standing Committee for Research and Science SPR ? Spawning Potential Ratio TAC ? Total Allowable Catch

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