To design an effective capacity management plan for small-scale fisheries one must understand what one is measuring and define its capacity. As recognized by some authors, overcapacity is a problem that generally affects small-scale fisheries just as much as it does other types of fishing. This study aims to estimate fishing capacity, technical efficiency, scale efficiency and capacity utilization in a particular small-scale fishery in the Mediterranean, i.e., the Northwest Sardinian fleet in Italy. A non-parametric approach using a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model was applied to a sample of trawls in order to estimate their economic capacity, and related measurements were taken. The capacity and efficiency with reference to two different alternative scenarios were also calculated.

Capacity and Economic Efficiency in Small-Scale Fisheries: Evidence from the Mediterranean Sea / Madau, Fabio Albino; Idda, L; Pulina, P. - In: MARINE POLICY. - ISSN 0308-597X. - 33:(2009), pp. 860-867. [10.1016/j.marpol.2009.03.006]

Capacity and Economic Efficiency in Small-Scale Fisheries: Evidence from the Mediterranean Sea

MADAU Fabio Albino
Methodology
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IDDA L
Supervision
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PULINA P
Conceptualization
2009-01-01

Abstract

To design an effective capacity management plan for small-scale fisheries one must understand what one is measuring and define its capacity. As recognized by some authors, overcapacity is a problem that generally affects small-scale fisheries just as much as it does other types of fishing. This study aims to estimate fishing capacity, technical efficiency, scale efficiency and capacity utilization in a particular small-scale fishery in the Mediterranean, i.e., the Northwest Sardinian fleet in Italy. A non-parametric approach using a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model was applied to a sample of trawls in order to estimate their economic capacity, and related measurements were taken. The capacity and efficiency with reference to two different alternative scenarios were also calculated.
2009
Capacity and Economic Efficiency in Small-Scale Fisheries: Evidence from the Mediterranean Sea / Madau, Fabio Albino; Idda, L; Pulina, P. - In: MARINE POLICY. - ISSN 0308-597X. - 33:(2009), pp. 860-867. [10.1016/j.marpol.2009.03.006]
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