Abstract

Certification programmes in fisheries have been introduced as a market-based tool for promoting sustainable fishing practices. While consumers appreciate the eco-labels by paying a price premium in the retail market, there is not much research on whether the premium transmits to the fishing industry. This paper adds to the literature by studying price premiums at port for the Swedish Baltic Sea cod fishery that had its Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification suspended in 2015. The result shows a price premium of around 11 per cent for small-size cod prior to the suspension of the certification, but no premium for larger cod.

Keywords

Eco-labelling; sustainable seafood; Marine Stewardship Council; price premium

Published in

European Review of Agricultural Economics
2020, Volume: 47, number: 1, pages: 50-70

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

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns


UKÄ Subject classification

Economics


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jby047

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/99402