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A cost and earnings study at Cotonou Harbour, Benin

Year of publication 1995

Pages 56

Author Bert Kamphorst ;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) A clear assessment of costs; earnings and profitability of different combinations of gear and craft in a comparative framework is usually required to monitor trends in the development of artisanal fisheries within the context of a national fishery development plan. Information is also necessaiy to make recommendations to what technologies should be encouraged and those to be discouraged taking into account the available biological information. Most surveys in the sector have been limit ed to catch and effort. The IDAF Programme believes that it is important to study closely the cost structure, the sharing system and profitability of artisanal operations. In general, the income from fishing contributes to the major part of a fishing household's total income and therefore influence their socio-economic conditions. Such detailed but global analysis for the simplicity is termed

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Kamphorst, B., A cost and earnings study at Cotonou harbour, Benin, for 1994 1995 Cotonou, Programme for the Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa, 42 p.,

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