Hedonic evaluation of coral reef fish prices on a direct sale market

Type Article
Date 2021-07
Language English
Author(s) Nassiri A.1, Thébaud OlivierORCID2, Holbrook S.J.3, Lauer M.4, Rassweiler A.5, Schmitt R.J.6, Claudet Joachim7
Affiliation(s) 1 : UBO, CNRS, UMR 6308, AMURE, Unité d'Economie Maritime, IUEM, F-29280 Plouzané, France
2 : Ifremer, UBO, CNRS, UMR 6308, AMURE, Unité d'Economie Maritime, IUEM, F-29280 Plouzane, France
3 : Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology and the Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
4 : San Diego State University, Department of Anthropology, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
5 : Florida State University, Department of Biological Science, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
6 : Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology and the Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
7 : National Center for Scientific Research, PSL Université Paris, CRIOBE, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Maison des Océans, Paris, France
Source Marine Policy (0308-597X) (Elsevier BV), 2021-07 , Vol. 129 , P. 104525 (12p.)
DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104525
WOS© Times Cited 8
Keyword(s) Small-scale coral-reef fisheries, Fish prices, Fish quality, Tui, Hedonic models
Abstract

Using two-stage Rosen’s model, this evaluation aims to deduce the implicit prices of the coral-reef fish species most commonly encountered in road-side market in Moorea (French Polynesia) during 2014–2015, from the prices of bundles of species, called tuis. Index value are calculated which vary, all else equal, between 33% (Selar) and 137% (Acanthurus) of the price of the reference species (Scarus). Estimating translogarithmic specifications allow the identification of positive cross-species elasticities which imply complementarity between reef species in each tui. The composition of tuis is therefore a market strategy to enhance the value of catches. These results demonstrate the relevance of empirical economic analysis in improving the understanding of small-scale coral-reef fisheries in the Pacific.

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