TDW-11: 24-28th April 2017, Noumea, New Caledonia Interactions between artisanal fishers and industrial vessels TDW-11: 24-28th April 2017, Noumea, New Caledonia

Introduction Approach Data & modelling Results Implications

Approach Most literature reviews interactions within the fisheries stock A different approach: “how does the presence of the industrial fishery impact the artisanal fishers willingness to go fishing”

Data & Modelling Discrete choice model: log(µ) = α + βx

Results Number of artisanal vessels fishing Presence of industrial vessels has a significantly negative impact on willingness to go fishing of artisanal fishers Weather?

Results Catch per unit of effort Presence of industrial vessel does appear to reduce artisanal catch rates Why this happens we are unclear, it could be a stock issue as stocks take a long time to recover after a large removal or it could be more experienced fishers stay at home and do not go fishing and so there is a consequential decline in CPUE. We however do not have the data to support a conclusions either way – a point of further research perhaps. Or weather

Implications Over the period of 4 years we estimate: 2,200 artisanal fishing days lost Over 5,000 lost days of employment 676 tons of fish were not landed by artisanal vessels 11,500 person years of fish consumption were lost USD2.7m in revenue to artisanal fishers lost

Context Employment; transshipping brought at least twice the number of lost days of employment to the port The ‘lost catch’ is close to or slightly greater than off loads Revenue (Gillett 2016): SI earn $27m from license fees, Tuvalu 85% of government revenue is from license fees and Marshall Islands $17m is for access rights in 2014

Future analysis Further analysis required In-depth investigation of the reasons behind the findings e.g. moon phase/weather patterns Survey to understand the value of the activities to the wider economy Continued and improved data collection to capture these impacts in other ports

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