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http://dx.doi.org/10.3796/KSFT.2007.43.4.339

Fishing capacity assessment of the octopus coastal trap fishery using data envelopment analysis(DEA)  

Kim, Do-Hoon (Fisheries Economics & Public Affairs Team, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute)
An, Heui-Chun (Fisheries Engineering Team, NFRDI)
Lee, Kyoung-Hoon (Fisheries Engineering Team, NFRDI)
Hwang, Jin-Wook (Fisheries Economics & Public Affairs Team, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology / v.43, no.4, 2007 , pp. 339-346 More about this Journal
Abstract
Estimating fishing capacity is one of current hot issues in the international fisheries. It is because that increased fishing capacity has caused not only fish stocks to be reduced, but also additional fishing costs to be incurred without additional incomes, which resulted in decrease of economically viability of fisheries. In order to solve this problem, FAO adopted 'the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity' in 1999 and recommended that member countries to measure fishing capacity and to implement the domestic action plan to reduce excess fishing capacity. This study is aimed at assessing fishing capacity of the octopus coastal trap fishery(OCTF) using data envelopment analysis(DEA) which is a method recommended by FAO. The DEA results on 10 individual OCTF vessels showed that the capacity utilization(CU) was a 0.93 on average, indicating some differences in CU among vessels(0.79-1.0). In addition, results of the sensitivity analysis revealed that under the current level of catch, the gross tonnage, horse power, days fished, and traps per trip could be reduced by 35%, 33%, 16%, and 18% on average, respectively.
Keywords
Fishing capacity; Data envelopment analysis(DEA); Trap fishery; Octopus;
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