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Deterrence analysis of compliance with fishery regulations among artisanal fishers in Sudan

Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27776 Deterrence analysis of compliance with fishery regulations among artisanal fishers in Sudan Hassan, Rashid M. sn_abusin@hotmail.com Abusin, Sana Awad Jebel aulia reservoir Illegal fishing Over-fishing Sudan UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012. This study analysed causes of the problem of over-fishing in the Jebel Aulia Reservoir (JAR) in Sudan and investigated reasons behind the failure of current management and policy regimes to promote sustainable management and exploitation of fishery in this reservoir. To achieve these objectives existing analytical frameworks and methodological approaches to study noncompliance with regulations have been adapted to allow two important extensions: (1) using frequency instead of intensity as a measure of violation rate and, (2) modifying the probability of detection to depend on time to account for frequency of violation. The adapted analytical models have then been empirically implemented to develop a typology of fishers according to violation rates and to analyse determinants of noncompliance and extent of violation with mesh size regulations among artisanal fishers in the JAR. This study represents the first research effort investigating causes and implications of illegal fishing and noncompliance with fishery regulations in Sudan in general and particularly in the JAR. The study extended the two times dynamic deterrence model (DDM) to use frequency instead of intensity of noncompliance as a measure of violation rate. The method of comparative statics was employed to derive analytical results on the sensitivity of optimal violation to a number of key factors of high relevance to compliance with regulations designed to protect against over-fishing. Analytical results obtained with this extended DDM confirmed the findings of earlier empirical studies employing alternative static and dynamic formulations and revealed interesting economic meanings of modelled relations. The study concludes that a number of factors related to market and institutional failures make frequency more suitable than intensity as a measure of violation in artisanal fisheries of developing countries. Applications of DDM have so far been limited to the case of constant probability of detection, which assumes independence of the length of time to detection. One objective of this study was therefore to modify the DDM to allow for more flexible and broader specification by introducing two important variables to the supply of offences function, namely, evasion activity and enforcement efforts .One of the major modifications made by this study is modelling the probability of detection as a Cox proportional hazard model instead of the survival hazard used in the literature. The new modelling of probability of detection also makes the previous specification only one of the three versions of the new model, since the new model accommodates the situations of constant and inconstant probability of detection. The results of comparative statics analysis revealed important potential ways of extending the standard DDM to allow for optimal choice among critical trade-offs between evasion efforts and violation rates. The study then applied the adapted DDM to empirically analyse and test specific hypotheses about artisanal fishers‘ compliance behaviour using data from a survey of artisanal fishers in the JAR area. Survey data was collected from a sample of 241 fishers from five landing sites at the study area. Factors that determine the probability of violation as well as the extent of violation were analysed employing an ordered Probit model and a count data model respectively, in two steps. The first step analysed the determinants of the choice to belong to one of the defined fishers‘ typologies. In the second step, a zero truncated negative binomial model was applied to analyse determinants of the extent and frequency of violation among violators only. Results of the empirical analyses suggest that fishers seem to care more about the size of the penalty than the presence of regulation enforcing agents as a deterrent, mainly due to corrupt options and effective evasion activities used by fishers. The study also suggests that better education of fishermen is necessary, as well as the provision of alternative income generating activities especially during the fish reproduction season, access to credit for ownership of legal nets, and finally, effective regulation of the importation of illegal nets will be necessary to enhance compliance with mesh size regulations in Sudan. It is also necessary to promote community level organisation and awareness campaigns among fishers about the dangers for future fish stocks of eroding small fish quantities through the use of illegal nets and consequently endangering the social welfare of all. Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development unrestricted 2013-09-07T12:17:42Z 2012-09-14 2013-09-07T12:17:42Z 2012-09-07 2012-09-14 2012-09-05 Thesis Abusin, SA 2012, Deterrence analysis of compliance with fishery regulations among artisanal fishers in Sudan, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27776 > D12/9/49/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27776 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09052012-175702/ © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle Jebel aulia reservoir
Illegal fishing
Over-fishing
Sudan
UCTD
Deterrence analysis of compliance with fishery regulations among artisanal fishers in Sudan
title Deterrence analysis of compliance with fishery regulations among artisanal fishers in Sudan
title_full Deterrence analysis of compliance with fishery regulations among artisanal fishers in Sudan
title_fullStr Deterrence analysis of compliance with fishery regulations among artisanal fishers in Sudan
title_full_unstemmed Deterrence analysis of compliance with fishery regulations among artisanal fishers in Sudan
title_short Deterrence analysis of compliance with fishery regulations among artisanal fishers in Sudan
title_sort deterrence analysis of compliance with fishery regulations among artisanal fishers in sudan
topic Jebel aulia reservoir
Illegal fishing
Over-fishing
Sudan
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27776
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09052012-175702/