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.