2015 North American Association of Fisheries Economists 8th Biennial Forum: Economic Sustainability, Fishing Communities, and Working Waterfronts Ketchikan, Alaska May 20-22, 2015 Organized by: University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Contents Welcome from Forum Organizers ................................................................................................................ 4 Sponsors ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Internet Access ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Tours ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 Student Awards ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Best Student Paper Competition .............................................................................................................. 5 Best Student Presentation Award ............................................................................................................. 5 Conference schedule ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Area Maps ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Program at a Glance ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Information ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Instructions for Presenters .................................................................................................................... 10 Instructions for Moderators .................................................................................................................. 10 Keynote Address: A Preliminary Approach to Formalization of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management using the NS1 Paradigm .................................................................................. 11 Selected Paper Session Summary ............................................................................................................... 12 Aquaculture .......................................................................................................................................... 12 Bioeconomics ....................................................................................................................................... 12 Bycatch and Discards ........................................................................................................................... 12 Climate Change .................................................................................................................................... 12 Ecosystem-Based Management ............................................................................................................ 12 Ecosystem Services .............................................................................................................................. 13 Fishing and Communities ..................................................................................................................... 13 Lagniappe ............................................................................................................................................. 13 Markets and Trade ................................................................................................................................ 14 Modeling .............................................................................................................................................. 14 Recreational Fisheries .......................................................................................................................... 14 Rights-Based Management ................................................................................................................... 15 Small-Scale Fisheries ........................................................................................................................... 15 Special Sessions Summary ......................................................................................................................... 16 The Impact of Catch Shares on Fishing Income Diversification and Fleet Diversity .......................... 16 The Economics of Recreational Fishing Sectors in U.S. Fisheries: Allocation, Demand, Supply, and Impacts ....................................................................................................... 16 Fisheries’ Shoreside Support - the Forgotten Sector ............................................................................ 17 1 MSC, FPIs, and Everything in Between: Assessment of the Evolving Markets for Certification and Sustainable Seafood ........................................................................................... 17 Re-Thinking Niche Markets for Seafood: Challenges and Opportunities for “Local” Seafood .......................................................................................................................................... 17 Protected Resource Economics: Key Challenges for Incorporation in an Ecosystem Based Management Approach ....................................................................................................... 17 Emerging Technologies in Fisheries Economic Data Collection ......................................................... 18 Selected Papers Abstracts ........................................................................................................................... 19 Special Sessions Abstracts .......................................................................................................................... 65 The Impact of Catch Shares on Fishing Income Diversification and Fleet Diversity .......................... 65 The Economics of Recreational Fishing Sectors in U.S. Fisheries: Allocation, Demand, Supply, and Impacts ....................................................................................................... 67 Fisheries’ Shoreside Support - the Forgotten Sector ............................................................................ 72 MSC, FPIs, and Everything in Between: Assessment of the Evolving Markets for Certification and Sustainable Seafood ........................................................................................... 74 Re-Thinking Niche Markets for Seafood: Challenges and Opportunities for “Local” Seafood .......................................................................................................................................... 76 Protected Resource Economics: Key Challenges for Incorporation in an Ecosystem Based Management Approach ....................................................................................................... 78 Emerging Technologies in Fisheries Economic Data Collection ......................................................... 80 Workshops .................................................................................................................................................. 83 Student and Early Career Workshop .................................................................................................... 83 Creating Fisheries Value by Reforming Management Institutions across Small Scale Billfish Fisheries in the Caribbean ................................................................................................. 83 Index of Authors ......................................................................................................................................... 84 2 Organizers Keith Criddle Gary Freitag UAF Fisheries Division UAF Marine Advisory Program Quentin Fong Eric Thunberg, UAF Fisheries Division and Marine Advisory NOAA Fisheries Program Program Committee Chuck Adams, University of Florida Jenny Sun, Gulf of Maine Research Institute Chris Anderson, University of Washington Gil Sylvia, Oregon State University Juan Agar, NOAA Fisheries Eric Thunberg, NOAA Fisheries Chang Seung, NOAA Fisheries Hirotsugu Uchida, University of Rhode Island Keith Evans, University of Maine Quinn Weninger, Iowa State University Ron Felthoven, NOAA Fisheries Frank Asche, IAAEM Joshua Greenberg, University of Alaska Fairbanks Chris Wright, Holmes Institute Alan Haynie, NOAA Fisheries Tony Charles, St Mary’s University, Halifax Porter Hoagland, WHOI Marine Policy Center Daniel Gordon, University of Calgary Rob Johnston, Clark University Dan Lane, University of Ottawa Stephen Kasperski, NOAA Fisheries Gisele Magnusson, DFO Walter Keithly, Louisiana State University Dale Marsden, DFO Jonathan King, Northern Economics Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia Douglas W. Lipton, NOAA Fisheries James Wilson, University of Quebec Rimouski Sabrina Lovell, NOAA Fisheries Mauricio Ramirez Rodriguez, CIBNOR Tom Murray, Virginia Institute of Marine Science Silvia Salas, CINVESTAV-IPN, Universidad Bob Pomeroy, University of Connecticut Merida Matt Reimer, University of Alaska Anchorage Juan Carlos Seijo, Maris University