Cost of regulations on US catfish farms

Hegde, Shraddha; Kumar, Ganesh; Engle, Carole R.; Senten, Jonathan van

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“…The catfish industry is responsible for more than 90% of all freshwater finfish produced in the US. Hegde et al (2022) using an INPLAN model found that the catfish industry's direct output from the catfish industry (USD 1.10 billion) generated a total economic contribution of USD 1.91 billion. The industry directly employed 4298 people and created an additional 4868 jobs in Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi for a total employment effect of 9166 jobs.…”

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Dynamics of aquaculture governance

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Yang

et al. 2023

J World Aquaculture Soc

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Aquaculture is a growing industry with an annual growth rate that is far superior to the population growth rate. Most production occurs in lower‐ and middle‐income countries, and therefore, they can improve the efficiency and modernize the production systems to increase exports to earn foreign exchange earnings for economic and social development. The institutional arrangements should be part of the mechanisms that ensure sustainable aquaculture growth, through the participation of all stakeholders. Sustainability is possible with good and dynamic governance through which the industry embraces the basic principles of governance, equity, accountability, efficiency, and predictability. Over the past decade, several countries made changes in governance and implemented regulations through their action plans to improve aquaculture productivity, and stakeholders profited from the changes made along the value chain. For the producers to benefit from the value‐added products, they complied with the regulations imposed by the importing countries, international regulatory bodies, or their own consumers. Standards increased, and the implementation of certification resulted in changes in the industrial structure. These standards, which inflict regulatory cost on producers, stimulated an improvement in productivity and product quality. However, during the last decade, production growth declined from 5.8% from 2001 to 2010 to 4.5% from 2011 to 2018, resulting in the elusive realization of the potential of meeting the sustainable development targets. There is a need for a paradigm shift that encourages small‐scale producers to engage in sustainable intensive aquaculture. The challenge is, therefore, to move toward production intensification and expansion, and the harmonization of national and international regulations to ensure the supply of safe and adequate fish to consumers, while maintaining a sustainable production system, and at the same time conserving the environment and maintaining social and economic stability. With good governance and political will, the social, economic, and environmental objectives for attaining the Sustainable Development Goals during the period 2020–2030 are possible if governments integrate sustainable aquaculture developments within an expanded aquatic and terrestrial food security policy framework using systems thinking and open innovation approaches.

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Dynamics of aquaculture governance

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Nyandat²,

Yang

et al. 2023

J World Aquaculture Soc

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“…The effects of the total regulatory framework have been examined based on detailed farm records collected from national surveys for US aquaculture sectors that have included baitfish/sportfish (van Senten & Engle, 2017), salmonids (Engle et al, 2019), Pacific Coast shellfish (van Senten, Engle, Hudson, & Conte, 2020), Florida tropical fish (Boldt et al, 2022), and catfish (Hegde et al, 2022). These various studies have shown high on‐farm compliance costs and severe constraints to growth to meet increasing demand for aquaculture products.…”

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Characterization of supply of marine finfish species with potential for commercial growth in the United States

Engle¹,

Senten

Schwarz

2022

J World Aquaculture Soc

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Global production of marine finfish has grown in total volume of production and the number of species farmed commercially, but there has been little production in the United States of marine finfish other than salmon and red drum. For most species considered to be ready for commercialization, there are few or no farms from which to evaluate the size of the market or to estimate revenues and costs necessary to assess economic feasibility. This present study takes a first step to fill this gap with an analysis of the existing supply of 20 marine finfish species identified as candidates for commercialization in the United States, as a proxy for effective demand (the volume of a product sold at the market equilibrium price). Secondary data from 1950 (where available) through 2019 were compiled on each species, including (1) global aquaculture production, (2) US aquaculture production, (3) US commercial landings, (4) US recreational landings, and (5) imports. Current effective market demand (measured as the sum of commercial landings, farmed production, and imports) was low, totaling 36.6 million kg across the 20 species, which is equivalent to less than 23% of the annual volume sold of US farmed catfish.Commercial landings for 17 of the 20 species exhibited declines, potentially offering opportunities for farmed product to capture market share by filling the increasing gaps in

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“…There is growing evidence of "over-" regulation that has constrained the growth and development of offshore aquaculture in Scotland [152], limited innovation in seafood production [14], and potentially created comparative disadvantages for aquaculture producers if competitors in another country have a less-stringent regulatory framework [153]. Compliance costs in the U.S. were found to account for 29% of total costs on Pacific Coast shellfish farms, 25% on baitfish/sportfish farms, 12% on salmonid farms, and 8% on catfish farms [145,[154][155][156]. In addition to direct regulatory compliance costs, sales were lost when regulatory requirements either forced farms to reduce production capacity, prevented farms from access to markets, or prevented farms from expanding to meet new market demand.…”

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“…In addition to direct regulatory compliance costs, sales were lost when regulatory requirements either forced farms to reduce production capacity, prevented farms from access to markets, or prevented farms from expanding to meet new market demand. Lost sales were estimated to be $6.9 million for U.S. baitfish/sportfish farms [154], $23 million on Florida tropical farms [157], $35 million on catfish farms [156], $52.5 million for salmonid farms [155], and $280 million for Pacific Coast shellfish farms [145].…”

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Resilience of Communities and Sustainable Aquaculture: Governance and Regulatory Effects

Engle¹,

Senten

2022

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One of the key underlying principles of sustainable food and agriculture systems is to enhance the resilience of people, communities, and ecosystems. This paper discusses broadly the intersection of community resiliency and sustainability of our food system through the lens of positive and negative contributions of aquaculture within the context of the underlying environmental, economic, social, and governance dimensions. Aquaculture has been part of the food supply system for humans for millennia, and its contributions to the resiliency of communities and to sustainability is critical to meet the nutritional, economic, and ecological challenges of the world. Aquaculture, as any human endeavor, can result in negative impacts on the environment, economy, social structure, and resilience of communities. Recent work has reported continued progress in the sustainability of aquaculture and dispelled myths that have proliferated in public media. As a result, aquaculture is increasingly viewed as a potential solution to global challenges of supplying a sustainably raised protein source, complementing fishing and other activities in communities, improving water quality, and responding to climate change, among others. Communities face ever more complex pressures that affect their resiliency when confronted with an array of environmental, social, and economic challenges. Whether aquaculture enhances or decreases the resilience of communities depends largely on the regulatory framework and associated public governance policies at local, state/provincial and national levels. In locales where aquaculture is under-regulated, communities can be affected negatively from resulting environmental, economic, and social problems. Over-regulation of aquaculture can stifle aquaculture activities that enhance ecosystem services and provide social and economic benefits. Greater attention is needed to aquaculture governance and regulatory processes to ensure that rulemaking, implementation, and enforcement provide adequate oversight, but avoid unintended negative consequences to the environment, social networks, and local economies. Participatory approaches that entail effective engagement among regulatory agency staff, aquaculture producers, local citizens, and other stakeholders are more effective than command-and-control regulatory approaches. Aquaculture, when practiced responsibly and sustainably by farmers and when appropriate science-based regulations are implemented rationally and efficiently, can enhance the resiliency of communities.

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Cost of regulations on US catfish farms

Abstract: Understanding the economic effects of regulations on US aquaculture farms provides insights into which compliance costs create the greatest compliance burden on farms. This can further guide strategies to improve the efficiency of regulatory frameworks and potentially reduce on-farm com-

Cited by 18 publications

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Dynamics of aquaculture governance

Dynamics of aquaculture governance

Characterization of supply of marine finfish species with potential for commercial growth in the United States

Resilience of Communities and Sustainable Aquaculture: Governance and Regulatory Effects

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