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On the influence of environmental factors on harvest: the French Guiana shrimp fishery paradox

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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the environmental nature of the French Guiana shrimp fishery dynamics through an empirical analysis. To do so, we specify a global harvest production function, in which the output depends on the number of days at sea and the stock level. In addition, we use some environmental variables representing the ‘El Niño’ and ‘la Niña’ phenomena, the sea surface temperature, and the flow of some Amazonian rivers as instruments. This method enables us to correct the well-known simultaneous bias between the harvest and the stock levels and to show that harvest is significantly dependent on the environmental factors analyzed, which may compromise the future of the French Guiana shrimp fishery in the context of climate change.

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  1. The French Guiana constitutes one of the richest areas in terms of biodiversity in the world, the fourth as marine fish is concerned.

  2. The term “El Niño” (meaning the “Christ Child” in Spanish) is used by fishermen in Ecuador and Peru to refer to a warmer than normal ocean current observed immediately after Christmas every few years.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Bouchra M'Zali, attendees of NRM conference in Bordeaux, Of Gdr Liga conference in French Guiana, and anonymous referees for comments on various versions of this paper. The research has been supported by a grant from European Social Fund (FSE), National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), Overseas ministry (MOM).

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  1. CEREGMIA, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Campus de Troubiran, Pôle, d’Enseignement Supérieur, Bât. E-Bur. 205, 2091 route de Baduel, BP 792, 97337, Cayenne Cedex, France

    Nicolas Sanz & Bassirou Diop

  2. UMSR 3456, Laboratoire Ecologie, Evolution, Interactions des Aystèmes Amazoniens (LEEISA), Université de Guyane, CNRS, IFREMER, 97300, Cayenne, France

    Fabian Blanchard

  3. Ifremer, BP 477, 97331, Cayenne, French Guiana, France

    Fabian Blanchard

  4. Ifremer, Centre Bretagne, ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070, 29280, Plouzané, France

    Luis Lampert

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Sanz, N., Diop, B., Blanchard, F. et al. On the influence of environmental factors on harvest: the French Guiana shrimp fishery paradox. Environ Econ Policy Stud 19, 233–247 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-016-0153-6

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