Making Landfall: Linkages between Fishing Communities and Support Services

K. Kent and A. Himes-Cornell
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K. Kent: NMFS - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service - NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A. Himes-Cornell: AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer - IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer - UBO - Université de Brest - IUEM - Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - UBO - Université de Brest - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, AFSC - Alaska Fisheries Science Center - NMFS - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service - NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Abstract: The relationship between the fishing industry and the fisheries-related support service sector creates economic benefits for communities through the strong linkages between fishermen and their land-based suppliers and the induced or multiplier effects from fisheries revenue. The support service sector is embedded within fishing communities where the impacts of fisheries management changes are perpetuated. This article examines the potential for such impacts by evaluating the diversity of fishing gear use, ex-vessel revenue, presence of processing plants, public moorage, and haul-out or tidal grids, and the number of vessels in a community, in relation to the availability of support services in communities in Alaska. The results show that the presence of a processor and haul-out facilities in a community significantly affects the number of support service businesses; however, there is not a strong association with the number of vessels or ex-vessel revenue. One hypothesis is that fishermen often travel to other communities to obtain services. We evaluate this hypothesis using social network analysis to evaluate transfers of revenue for fishery-related goods and services. Ultimately, this informs the exploration of the importance of support service businesses and fishery-support infrastructure to the continued well-being of fishing communities.

Keywords: Alaska; Fishing communities; Fishing industry; Support services; Well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Coastal Management, 2016, 44 (4), pp.279--294. ⟨10.1080/08920753.2016.1135276⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2016.1135276

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