Commercial Fishery as an Asset for Recreational Demand on the Coastline: Evidence from a Choice Experiment in France, United Kingdom and Belgium

Carole Ropars–Collet, Melody Leplat, Philippe Le Goffe and Marie Lesueur

No 9, 2015 EAFE (European Association of Fisheries Economists) Conference Papers from Nisea

Abstract: The concept of multifunctionality of fishing activities is emerging, as fishery activities do not only provide commodity goods but have others functions (environmental, social, territorial, etc.). We choose to focus on the provision of amenities, such as the presence of fishing boats or direct sales of seafood, for which there is a demand that partly conditions the individual choices of visit on the coastline. We used a choice experiments method to estimate willingness to pay for these amenities produced jointly by commercial fishing. The empirical study was conducted on a sample of more than 2000 people surveyed along the coast of the Channel and of the North Sea in France, Belgium and United-Kingdom. We used a random parameter logit model to analysis the repeated individual choices.

Keywords: Multifunctional fishery; Non-market value; Choice experiments; Multifunctional fishery; Non-market value; Choice experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C35 C9 Q22 Q26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 022 pages
Date: 2015
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