1. Benchmarked Competitiveness Study of BC’s Sea Urchin Fisheries Seafood Value Chain Roundtable & British Columbia Seafood Alliance With funding from Canadian Agriculture and Food International (CAFI) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

2. Benchmarks Government Policy –Resource Sustainability; Resource Management Operations –Management; Input Costs; Harvesting; Post-harvest handling; Processing; Logistics/Transportation; Quality: Continuity of Supply. Marketing –Market Research; Product Development; Pricing; Promotion and Advertising; Market Development; Selling Methods; Customer Service; Access; Packaging. Administration –Human Resources; Capital; Overhead

3. Size of Fishery Japan: ~13,000 MT and $C 124 M; Chile: 50,000 MT and $C 9.3 M

4. Prices

5. Resource Management

6. Unit Productivity Japan and Chile have an estimated 1,000 and 7,500 -8,000 harvesters respectively

7. Logistics/Transportation

8. Conclusions

9. Input Costs

11. Russian IUU Fishery: Landing in Hanosaki

16. Thanks to: Pacific Urchin Harvesters Ass’n West Coast Green Urchin Ass’n BC Seafood Alliance Agriculture and AgriFood Canada