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Consumer preferences for sustainably sourced seafood: Implications for fisheries dynamics and management

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Many fish consumers reveal a preference for sustainably sourced seafood in their purchasing decisions. We propose a bioeconomic modeling approach and an empirical strategy, based on a discrete choice experiment, to quantify the resulting effects on fishery dynamics and to derive implications for efficient fishery management. We show that a “consumer stock effect” arises, which stabilizes a fishery under open access and which decreases catches under economically efficient management. We quantify these effects for the Western Baltic cod fishery.

Source: American Journal of Agricultural Economics

DOI: 10.1111/ajae.12544

Authors: Isha Dube, Martin Quaas, Julian Sagebiel, Rudi Voss

Institutions: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Leipzig University, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Language: English

Topic: Marine and fisheries research

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life below water

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,750