The MEESO project has produced an e-learning webinar explaining the approach taken to include the climate risks of mesopelagic fishing in a cost-benefit analysis.
This e-learning webinar from MEESO work package 6 and 8 explains the approach taken to include the climate risks of mesopelagic fishing in a tractable cost-benefit analysis from a private and a social perspective.
Mesopelagic fish populations represent an opportunity for fishing companies and food production, but their exploitation also carries substantial environmental risks, not least because these populations play an important role in the oceanic carbon pump.
This webinar explains the methodological approach taken to assess the economic viability of mesopelagic fishing from a private economic perspective, which focuses on the costs and revenues accruing to a single company, and a public economic perspective, which also takes into account impacts on society at large, notably the climate. By focusing on a small, emerging fishery, the analysis can be done in a way that retains analytical tractability.
The webinar explains the line of reasoning behind the method, its core assumptions, and some results of an application to four EU fishing fleets.
Link to e-learning webinar
Watch the e-learning on cost-benefit analysis of mesopelagic fishing (30:10 min.)
Contact
Rolf Groeneveld, rolf.groeneveld@wur.nl