Martinson Ankrah Twumasi, Dennis Asante, I. Asante, B. Addai, Yuansheng Jiang
{"title":"Assessing fish farm economic performance and access to financial services nexus: Empirical evidence from Ghana","authors":"Martinson Ankrah Twumasi, Dennis Asante, I. Asante, B. Addai, Yuansheng Jiang","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2022.2099480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2022.2099480","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study assesses the factors influencing of access to financial services (AFS) and its impact on fish farm economic performance by employing a multiple-stage random sampling approach to sample 131 fish farms from two regions in Ghana. We accounted for the selection bias issue using the endogenous treatment regression model. The results reveal that factors such asgender, education, fish farm size, asset ownership, off-farm work, and distance influence farmers' access to financial services. The result also showed that AFS improves fish farm economic performance. Moreover, we observe that female farmers and high-income households with access to financial services have higher fish yields and net returns than their counterparts. The study’s findings have provided evidence that AFS can be a transmission route in the efforts to enhance aquaculture development in the nation. Our results serve as a call to the government and policymakers to provide strategies and methods to make financial services accessibility easy and straightforward.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"27 1","pages":"249 - 266"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49165818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Prasanna Surathkal, M. Dey, Pratheesh O. Sudhakaran
{"title":"Dynamics of price volatility spillover in the U.S. catfish market","authors":"Prasanna Surathkal, M. Dey, Pratheesh O. Sudhakaran","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2022.2074171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2022.2074171","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The U.S. catfish aquaculture industry is arguably one of the earliest aquaculture segments in the world to industrialize, and a pioneer in demonstrating the benefits of innovation-driven aquaculture supply chain development over wild-harvested fisheries. However, the industry substantially contracted through the 2003–2013 period. High and volatile feed prices, volatile farm prices, a rapid surge in low-priced imports, and a strict regulatory compliance burden on a maturing industry are thought to be some of the major factors causing this decline. We analyze the price volatility spillovers in the U.S. catfish industry and the related feed/feed ingredient markets. Our empirical model is the multivariate generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model allowing for cross-market and own-market impacts from shocks and volatilities in prices. Our results indicate bidirectional spillovers among catfish market prices and most of the feed ingredient prices.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"26 1","pages":"301 - 313"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46911270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seafood markets in transition","authors":"Hans‐Martin Straume, Pratheesh O. Sudhakaran","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2022.2102091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2022.2102091","url":null,"abstract":"This special issue of Aquaculture Economics & Management features fives articles based on the 25 contributions presented at the International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management (IAAEM) spon-sored section on economics and marketing at the Aquaculture America conference in San Antonio, August 11 – 14, 2021. This was a very good turn-out for one of the first aquaculture conference following the Covid-19 pandemic. The contributions covered topics on different farmed species groups and with a global scope. The section provided an arena to discuss issues related to risk management, regulations, trade, seafood certification, consumers ’ preferences, market integration, product differentiation, mari-culture tourism, food security, effects and contribution of aquaculture to the regional economy. The papers in this special issue reflect a variety of topics also seen in the section during the conference.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"26 1","pages":"253 - 258"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44540579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A tribute to Professor Clem Tisdell (1939 to 2022), founding coeditor of Aquaculture Economics & Management and member of the organizing team of the International Association of Aquaculture Economics & Management","authors":"C. Engle, P. Leung","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2022.2107117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2022.2107117","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"26 1","pages":"251 - 252"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45127208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Khan, M. Hossain, Md. Sayemul Islam, Md. Takibur Rahman, M. Dey
{"title":"Shrimp export competitiveness and its determinants: a novel dynamic ARDL simulations approach","authors":"M. Khan, M. Hossain, Md. Sayemul Islam, Md. Takibur Rahman, M. Dey","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2022.2089772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2022.2089772","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study aims to explore the shrimp export competitiveness of Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam time spanning from 1990 to 2019. However, emphasizing Bangladesh as a case country, this research looks into the factors influencing shrimp export competitiveness taking into account macroeconomic and policy variables. To do so, we used the recently developed Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage (RSCA) index to quantify export competitiveness, while a novel dynamic autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) simulation approach to determine the factors driving shrimp export competitiveness. The findings show that all of the aforementioned countries seem to have some degree of shrimp export competitiveness during the study period, whereas Chain has entirely lost its export competitiveness after 2004. However, Bangladesh's shrimp export competitiveness has dipped marginally in recent years, despite continuous growth in competitor countries such as India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Further, economic globalization, institutional quality, trade openness, number of trade agreements, and trade freedom all have a favorable impact on Bangladesh’s shrimp export competitiveness in the long-run, whereas the international or exporting price of shrimp has a detrimental influence in short-and long-run. Finally, these findings may have implications for a future shrimp export from Bangladesh and some policy recommendation are presented.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"27 1","pages":"221 - 248"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46825493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do Chilean imports lead prices in the EU mussel market?","authors":"L. Salazar, J. Dresdner","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2022.2089771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2022.2089771","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The impact that added competition of imported mussels from Chile might have had on market prices is one of the main reasons given to explain the decrease in the economic performance of the mussel aquaculture sector in the European Union (EU) in the last two decades. This hypothesis has not yet been tested. In this article we test empirically for price leadership and market integration in the EU mussel market. We estimate a cointegrated vector autoregressive (CVAR) model for the French, Italian, and Spanish mussel import markets and test for price leadership. The results indicate that the import prices of Chile, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands are determined within a fully integrated market, so prices are proportional over time. All countries follow the lead of Chilean mussel prices in the French market, which are on average among the lowest of the main importers in this market. These results support the opinion that added competition from Chilean mussels may have contributed to the low prices in the EU market.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"27 1","pages":"207 - 220"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45109473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Pincinato, Atle Oglend, Renata Melon Barroso Bertolini, A. E. Muñoz
{"title":"The São Paulo wholesale seafood market: A study of fish prices in Brazil","authors":"R. Pincinato, Atle Oglend, Renata Melon Barroso Bertolini, A. E. Muñoz","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2022.2079762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2022.2079762","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We analyze fish pricing in the São Paulo wholesale market, the second largest seafood market in South America. Quantitative price analysis is complemented by interviews with participants in the value chain to answer how the multitude of fish products supplied in this market are related and the challenges facing future growth. The results reveal a clear separate pricing of domestically produced fishery species (whitefish and pelagics) from the internationally traded aquaculture species (tilapia and salmon). Tilapia and salmon are uniquely priced, less volatile and more persistent with a price dynamic more akin to local terrestrial meats. Fishery prices show large month-by-month fluctuations and compete more with each other. Participants in the different levels of the value chain corroborate the uniqueness of salmon and state a preference for stable availability and low prices, with less concern about the specific sourcing of fish (aquaculture/fisher, or domestic/imported).","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"26 1","pages":"259 - 282"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48219856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consumers’ willingness-to-pay for newly developed U.S. farm-raised convenient catfish products: A consumer-based survey study","authors":"K. Gosh, U. Deb, M. Dey","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2022.2060374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2022.2060374","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Accurately measuring willingness-to-pay (WTP) for newly developed food products is critical for academicians and marketing managers. This study measures consumers’ preference and WTP for five newly developed convenient (ready-to-cook) catfish products by surveying 128 participants from Arkansas and Florida. An ordered probit model was applied to survey data to investigate factors influencing consumers’ WTP. Results indicated that the surveyed participants preferred all the inspected products as their WTP was ranged between average and high. The significant variables affecting the participants’ WTP include product appearance, eagerness to buy, preference ranking, preferred form, and consumption pattern. The consumer’s WTP was significantly correlated with the participant’s gender, age, race, and for some groups, income.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"26 1","pages":"332 - 358"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43526812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling the demand across three major protein sources: Focusing on seafood protein","authors":"Yeowoon Park, Hayeon Joo, Junghoon Moon","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2022.2063453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2022.2063453","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Despite recent dramatic growth in seafood consumption worldwide, knowledge about seafood demand is limited relative to other protein sources. We model demand across three major protein categories (i.e., terrestrial meat, seafood, and plant-based protein) in South Korea to fill the research gap. This study models a quadratic almost ideal demand system (QUAIDS) by utilizing household panel data. The study takes this one step further by modeling demand within four seafood categories (i.e., fish, cephalopods, shellfish, and crustaceans). Sociodemographic variables, including health-related factors, are incorporated into the demand models. Results indicate that seafood is in a complementary relationship with terrestrial meat while it is a substitute for plant-based protein. All four seafood categories are a substitute for each other. The results reveal that people who take their health seriously tend to consume more seafood, particularly fish. The results have economic and marketing implications for which strategies could be adopted to influence seafood consumption.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"27 1","pages":"159 - 184"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46441406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clam aquaculture profitability under changing environmental risks","authors":"J. Moor, Andrew Ropicki, T. Garlock","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2022.2058113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2022.2058113","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract As filter feeders, mollusks’ growth is completely reliant on the natural environment. This leaves clam aquaculture, and more generally molluskan aquaculture, highly susceptible to environmental risks such as harmful algal blooms (HABs) and low salinity events. As marine environments change, whether due to climatic or nutrient related variations, there may be new risk combinations that farmers have yet to encounter. To analyze the financial effects of environmental risks on clam farmers in the Gulf of Mexico, we conducted a Monte–Carlo experiment, varying risk combinations and correlations among scenarios. Simultaneous stressors showed a significant impact on individual firms, decreasing average profit by 71% and internal rate of return (IRR) by 83% when compared to best case baseline scenarios without environmental risk, indicating a potential need for risk mitigation strategies. While our analysis focuses on Florida Gulf of Mexico clam farmers, the model presented is applicable to molluskan aquaculture globally.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"884 1","pages":"283 - 300"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60198096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}