Replication Data for: European fish producers’ willingness to pay to reduce negative externalities of fish production

The two datasets contain data collected from European fish producers as part of the H2020 project PrimeFish (grant No: 635761). One dataset contains data from Scottish and Norwegian producers of farmed salmon (Salmon). the other dataset contains data from cod fishers from Iceland and Norway (Cod)
Abstract: The existence of negative externalities is an argument for public intervention in the form of regulations of the production process. The production of fish is a sector with significant negative externalities, and correspondingly many regulations. The preferences of managers of production units are hardly elicited to inform the design of these regulations. This paper reports from an early study among various types of fish producers in various countries on how they assess current regulations of their activities, whether they are willing to accept increased production costs to reduce or mitigate the externalities, and who they think are responsible for securing sustainable fish production across Europe. We show that the respondents are surprisingly consequent in their replies to these questions, and that there is a leeway for fisheries authorities to intervene and regulate fisheries activities.

本数据集包含欧洲鱼类生产者作为H2020项目PrimeFish（项目编号：635761）的一部分所收集的数据。其中一个数据集包含了苏格兰和挪威养殖鲑鱼（鲑鱼）生产者的数据，另一个数据集则包含了冰岛和挪威鳕鱼捕捞者的数据。摘要：负外部性的存在是公共干预以规范生产过程为形式的论据。渔业是一个具有显著负外部性的行业，相应地，存在许多规范。生产单位管理者的偏好很少被提取出来以指导这些规范的设计。本文报告了在多个国家的不同类型鱼类生产者中的一项早期研究，探讨了他们如何评估其活动的现行规范，他们是否愿意接受增加生产成本以减少或缓解外部性，以及他们认为谁应该负责确保欧洲可持续的鱼类生产。我们发现，受访者在回答这些问题时出奇地一致，并且渔业管理部门有足够的余地介入和规范渔业活动。