Abstract

The cod stocks in the Baltic Sea are important not only for fisheries but for the entire ecosystem utilized by numerous stakeholders around the coast. All such activities have economic values. In this note the economics of the Swedish Baltic Sea cod fishery is estimated in relation to the sector's interaction with other users of the Baltic Sea ecosystem. The results show a negative resource rent for the fishery, (sic) - 5 million without public expenses (subsidies and administrative costs), and (sic) - 13 million including public expenses. The interactions between the fisheries and tourism, seal population, carbon dioxide emissions, recreational fishing, and discards are discussed, and when monetary estimates are available these are related to the estimated resource rent. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Baltic Sea; COD; Fisheries; External effects

Published in

Marine Policy
2010, Volume: 34, number: 3, pages: 716-719

SLU Authors

• Waldo, Staffan

  • Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Paulrud, Anton

  • Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development


UKÄ Subject classification

Fish and Aquacultural Science
Economics and Business
Social Sciences


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2009.11.007

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/28955