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An efficient portfolio approach towards ecosystem-based fisheries governance in EU

Lopetegui, Itsaso and Valle, Ikerne del (2022) An efficient portfolio approach towards ecosystem-based fisheries governance in EU. Fisheries Research, 254. p. 18.

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Abstract

In the framework of multispecies fisheries governance, the main objective of this paper is to apply modern portfolio theory (MPT) to the North-East Atlantic European fisheries, including all the key commercial fish species subject to total allowable catches (TAC) and quota regimes within the EU. This is done, first, quantifying the inherent return and risk of the potential fish portfolios and, secondly, estimating an individual constrained financial efficient frontier (FEF) for each of the nine fishing countries in the North-East Atlantic. Unlike previous studies in the field of financial fisheries economics, and due to its major robustness under non-normality and the presence of fat tails, we are using Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR) instead of the conventional mean-variance optimization (MVO) as the method to solve the optimization problem of minimizing risk under a set of alternative constraints so as to obtain the respective FEFs. Our results show that changing the species portfolio distribution, it would be possible to improve efficiency, that is to say, to simultaneously get increasing returns and decreasing risk levels. Moreover, this efficiency gain would be compatible with specific quota transfers among fishing countries.

Item Type: Articles
Keywords: Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), Commercial Fisheries, Fish Species, Total Allowable Catches (TAC), Financial Efficient Frontier (FEF), Fisheries Management, Mean Variance Optimization (MVO), Governance, Marine Ecosystem, Sustainable Fisheries, Conservation, Fisheries Resources, European Union
Subjects: Right to Resources
Depositing User: Kokila ICSF Krish
Date Deposited: 01 Mar 2025 08:06
Last Modified: 01 Mar 2025 08:06
URI: http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21335

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