Abstract

Eco-labelled seafood is an important tool to promote sustainable development in fisheries. A price premium on eco-labelled seafood signals a return on investment in sustainable fishing methods, providing an incentive for fishers to adopt such methods. This paper investigates whether Swedish fishermen gained a price premium from participating in the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified Swedish Eastern Baltic cod fishery in the period 2011-2012. Using a detailed dataset of landing tickets and log books, we apply a panel data methodology to estimate the MSC price premium. We cannot find reliable evidence that the consumer level premium for MCS cod is actually passed back to the producers in this case.

Keywords

Difference-in-difference; Eco-labelling; Marine Stewardship Council; price premium; sustainable seafood

Published in

Journal of Agricultural Economics
2015, Volume: 66, number: 3, pages: 690-704
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

SLU Authors

• Blomquist, Johan

  • Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Bartolino, Valerio

  • Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Waldo, Staffan

  • Department of 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

Economics


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12106

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/68268