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Fisheries Management
Project Summary
Motu and Resources for the Future (Washington DC) have jointly conducted economic research on fisheries management in New Zealand.
The research examined the role and effectiveness of market-based instruments as fisheries management tools. In particular, it empirically evaluated the effects of implementing New Zealand’s individual transferable quota (ITQ) programme.
Information on the database used in this project is available below.
Database
Motu has an extensive fisheries management database set up in a usable, integrated and documented way. It was created with financial support from Resources for the Future and considerable help from the Ministry of Fisheries, Statistics NZ, Fishserve, NIWA, Clement & Associates and SeaFIC. (Please note: some data is not freely available and is subject to confidentiality agreements)
The database is compiled from:
- Lease & sale price data, per trade 1986-1998
- Quota Holdings, each holder 1987-1999
- Quota Transactions, by trade 1986-1998
- TAC levels, 1986-1998
- TACCs and actual catch, by fish stock 1986-2000
- Catch-Effort, September 1997 and April 1998
- Port price data, by fish stock 1998-2000
- Export prices, by month 1983-1998
- Resource rental, by fishery 1986-1994
- Cost recovery levies, 1994-2001
- Regional economic database, 1986-1996
Please contact us if you would like further information about this database.
Useful links
- Newell, Richard; James Sanchirico, and Suzi Kerr. 2005. "Fishing Quota Markets," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 49, pp. 437-462. Earlier versions are published as Motu Working paper 03-02 and Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 02-20
- Kerr, Suzi; Richard Newell and James Sanchirico. 2004. "Evaluating the New Zealand Individual Transferable Quota Market for Fisheries Management" in Tradeable Permits: policy evaluation, design and reform, OECD, Ed. Paris. Paper prepared for OECD workshop Ex post evaluation of tradable permit regimes, Paris, January 2003.
- Kerr Suzi and Andrew Aitken. 2004. "The Effects of Bycatch Relationships on Quota Prices," Report to the Ministry of Fisheries.
- Hendy, Joanna and Suzi Kerr. 2004. "How do Catch Patterns Respond to Changes in International Prices for Different Species?" Report to the Ministry of Fisheries.
- Kerr, Suzi; Richard Newell and James Sanchirico. 2003. "Evaluating the New Zealand Individual Transferable Quota Market for Fisheries Management," Motu Working Paper 03-02.
- Straker, Gina; Suzi Kerr and Joanna Hendy. 2002. "A Regulatory History of the New Zealand's Quota Management System: Setting Targets," paper presented at IIFET 2002: Fisheries in the Global Economy, International Fisheries Economic Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. (This paper is an abridged version of Straker et al. 2002).
- Newell, Richard; James Sanchirico and Suzi Kerr. 2002. "An Empirical Analysis of New Zealand's ITQ Markets," paper presented at IIFET 2002: Fisheries in the Global Economy, International Fisheries Economic Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
- Straker, Gina; Suzi Kerr and Joanna Hendy. 2002. "A Regulatory History of New Zealand's Quota Management System," draft, chapters 1-4.
- Newell, Richard; Kerry Papps and James Sanchirico. 2007. "Asset Pricing in Created Markets," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89:2, pp. 259-272.
- Lock, Kelly and Stefan Leslie. 2007. "New Zealand's Quota Management System: A History of the First 20 Years," Motu Working Paper 07-02.
- Newell, Richard, Kerry Papps and James Sanchirico. 2005. "Asset Pricing in Created Markets for Fishing Quotas," Resources for the Future Discussion paper 05-46.
- Sanchirico, James; Daniel Holland, Kathryn Quigley and Mark Fina. 2005. "Catch-Quota Balancing in Multispecies Individual Fishing Quotas," Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 05-54.
- Newell, Richard G. 2004. "Maximising Value in Multi-species Fisheries," Resources for the Future, Washington DC and New Zealand Ministry for Fisheries, Wellington.
- Project summary: "Quota Market Structure and Operation and the Value of the New Zealand Fisheries: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications"