Consumer preferences for sustainably sourced seafood: Implications for fisheries dynamics and management

Isha Dube, Martin Quaas, Julian Sagebiel and Rudi Voss

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2025, vol. 107, issue 5, 1383-1405

Abstract: Many fish consumers reveal a preference for sustainably sourced seafood in their purchasing decisions. We propose a bioeconomic modeling approach and an empirical strategy, based on a discrete choice experiment, to quantify the resulting effects on fishery dynamics and to derive implications for efficient fishery management. We show that a “consumer stock effect” arises, which stabilizes a fishery under open access and which decreases catches under economically efficient management. We quantify these effects for the Western Baltic cod fishery.

Date: 2025
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