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Price integration in the Australian rock lobster industry: implications for management and climate change adaptation

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posted on 2023-05-17, 19:08 authored by Norman-Lopez, A, Pascoe, S, Thebaud, O, van Putten, I, Innes, J, Sarah JenningsSarah Jennings, Hobday, A, Bridget Green, Plaganyi, E
Rock lobster fisheries are Australia’s most valuable wild fisheries in terms of both value of production and value of exports. Different states harvest and export different lobster species, with most of the landings being sent to the Hong Kong market. A perception in the Australian lobster industry is that the different species are independent on the export market, such that a change in landings of one species has no impact on the price of the others. This study investigates the market integration of Australian exports to Hong Kong for the four species and different exporting states. Our results indicate all four species and producers/export states are perceived to be substitutes for one another, so that, in the long run, prices paid to operators in the industry will move together. The integrated nature of the Hong Kong export market for Australian lobster suggests that the potential impacts of alternative fisheries management and development strategies at state and species levels cannot be considered in isolation, at least from an economic perspective. In addition, impacts of external shocks affecting production in one state (e.g. climate change) can be expected to affect all Australian lobster fisheries.

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Publication title

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volume

58

Pagination

43-59

ISSN

1467-8489

Department/School

TSBE

Publisher

Wiley

Place of publication

Australia

Rights statement

Copyright 2013 Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc. and Wiley Publishing Asia.

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Wild caught crustaceans (excl. rock lobster and prawns)

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