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ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 2004 61(3):416-421; doi:10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.02.003
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Determination of technical efficiency of fisheries by stochastic frontier models: a case on the Gulf of Cádiz (Spain)

Juan José García del Hoyo, David Castilla Espino* and Ramón Jiménez Toribio

Modelización Econométrica y Matemática de Pesquerías (MEMPES), Departamento de Economía General y Estadística, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales, Universidad de Huelva Plaza de la Merced, 11, Huelva, 21071, Spain

*Correspondence to D. Castilla Espino: tel: +34 959017868; fax: +34 959017828. e-mail: david.castilla{at}dehie.uhu.es.

We give a broad review of a variety of econometric procedures to estimate technical efficiency and compare the results of several of them based on an application to the purse-seine fishery operating in the Gulf of Cádiz in 1998 and 1999. As these approaches provide different technical efficiency estimates, they might have different policy implications. Two conclusions are obtained: firstly, the higher the useful life of vessels is, the smaller the technical efficiency is; and secondly, the present total allowable catch regime based only on vessels larger than 12 m is unsuitable for this fishery.

Keywords: comparison, deterministic frontier, Gulf of Cádiz, management measures, purse-seine fishing, stochastic frontiers, technical efficiency

Received 15 May 2003; accepted 17 February 2004.


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