Contingent Valuation of Recreational Diving at Petroleum Rigs, Gulf of Mexico

Roberts, Kenneth J.; Thompson, Mark E.; Pawlyk, Perry W.

doi:10.1577/1548-8659(1985)114<214:cvorda>2.0.co;2

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“…After only 6 years, the wreck closely resembled the nearby reference wreck James Eagan Layne in terms of colonised species (OSPAR, 2010). Similarly in US waters, numerous rigs-to-reefs schemes have been beneficial for tourism with disused structures increasing recreational diving and fishing (Ditton and Stoll, 2008;Roberts et al, 1985;Stanley and Wilson, 1989).…”

Section: An Ecosystem Services Approach To Assess the Impacts Of Decommissioning Optionsmentioning

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Renewables-to-reefs? – Decommissioning options for the offshore wind power industry

Smyth

Christie

Burdon

et al. 2015

Marine Pollution Bulletin

107

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The offshore wind power industry is relatively new but increasing globally, hence it is important that the whole life-cycle is managed. The construction-operation-decommissioning cycle is likely to take 20-30 years and whilst decommissioning may not be undertaken for many years, its management needs to be addressed in both current and future marine management regimes. This can be defined within a Drivers-Activities-Pressures-State Changes-Impacts (on human Welfare)-Responses framework. This paper considers the main decommissioning options - partial or complete removal of all components. A SWOT analysis shows environmental and economic benefits in partial as opposed to complete removal, especially if habitat created on the structures has conservation or commercial value. Benefits (and repercussions) are defined in terms of losses and gains of ecosystem services and societal benefits. The legal precedents and repercussions of both options are considered in terms of the 10-tenets of sustainable marine management. Finally a 'renewables-to-reefs' programme is proposed.

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Section: An Ecosystem Services Approach To Assess the Impacts Of Decommissioning Optionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Renewables-to-reefs? – Decommissioning options for the offshore wind power industry

Smyth

Christie

Burdon

et al. 2015

Marine Pollution Bulletin

107

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“…Both types of analysis may be seen in the handful of studies focusing explicitly on the recreational benefits of petroleum platforms. One of the first, Roberts, Thompson, and Pawlyk (1985), employs an iterative bidding process to estimate a mean WTP of $305 for an annual pass to dive petroleum rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Assuming an estimated diver population of 3,200, this implies a total annual use value of $976,000 for diving the rigs.…”

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Diving Demand for Large Ship Artificial Reefs

Morgan¹,

Massey²,

Huth³

2009

Marine Resource Economics

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The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the US EPA. No Agency endorsement should be inferred. Diving Demand for Large Ship Artificial Reefs Using data drawn from a web-based travel cost survey, we jointly model revealed and stated preference trip count data in an attempt to estimate the recreational use value from diving the intentionally sunk ex-USS Oriskany. Respondents were asked to report (1) their actual trips from the previous year, (2) their anticipated trip in the next year, and (3) their anticipated trip next year assuming a second dive-able destroyer were sunk in the same vicinity. Results from a single-site Poisson and negative binomial travel cost model indicate an annual use value of $1,215 per diver associated with current Oriskany-specific dive trips. Expected annual use value estimates then increase to $2,596 with the "bundling" of a second vessel alongside the Oriskany to create a multiple-ship artificial reef area.

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“…Both types of analysis may be seen in the handful of studies focusing explicitly on the recreational benefits of petroleum platforms. One of the first employs an iterative bidding process to estimate a mean WTP of $305 for an annual pass to dive petroleum rigs in the Gulf of Mexico (Roberts, Thompson, and Pawlyk 1985). Assuming an estimated diver population of 3,200, this implies a total annual use value of $976,000 for diving the rigs.…”

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confidence: 99%

Diving Demand for Large Ship Artificial Reefs

Morgan

Massey

Huth

2009

MARE

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Using data drawn from a web-based travel cost survey, we jointly model revealed and stated preference trip count data in an attempt to estimate the recreational use value from diving the intentionally sunk USS Oriskany. Respondents were asked to report their: (i) actual trips from the previous year, (ii) anticipated trips in the next year, and (iii) anticipated trips next year assuming a second diveable vessel (a Spruance class destroyer) is sunk in the same vicinity. Results from several different model specifications indicate average per-person, per-trip use values range from $480 to $750. The "bundling" of a second vessel in the area of the Oriskany to create a multipleship artificial reef area adds between $220 and $1,160 per diver per year in value.

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Contingent Valuation of Recreational Diving at Petroleum Rigs, Gulf of Mexico

Cited by 32 publications

References 3 publications

Renewables-to-reefs? – Decommissioning options for the offshore wind power industry

Renewables-to-reefs? – Decommissioning options for the offshore wind power industry

Diving Demand for Large Ship Artificial Reefs

Diving Demand for Large Ship Artificial Reefs

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