By 1976 extended fisheries jurisdiction had been
declared by most coastal states and territories of the
world. The new regime of property rights was expected to
affect seafood production costs which, in turn, could impact
on seafood trade and the competitive positions of
producing countries. In theory this policy should bestow
upon coastal nations and territories a comparative advantage
in seafoods. Thus, in studying price and nonprice
competition as factors that influence seafood trade, a
third factor (the effects of extended fisheries jurisdiction
EFJ) is added.
The best available data are aggregative. These data
are used to analyze the influences of the three factors
listed above on seafood trade.
In the first part of the investigation, Canada and
the U.S. are considered. The annual growth of each
country's exports of fresh, frozen, and chilled fish to
selected countries is computed using the constant market
share approach. The calculated annual growth is partitioned
into three effects (or components); namely; (1)
competitiveness effect, which measures the portion of
growth due to (price) competitiveness; (2) market distribution
effect, which measures growth due to the
(re)direction of exports to more rapidly growing markets;
and (3) market size effect, which accounts for growth
caused by overall growth in world demand.
Both countries have gained substantial shares of the
Japanese and European markets, but Canada's share of the
U.S. market has declined due to increased competition from
U.S. domestic producers. The U.S. share of every considered
market has increased, in most cases, substantially.
The second part of the study considers eight exporters
of fish to the U.S. Various econometric models
are used to analyze cause and effect relationships between
changes in relative prices and changes in the market
shares of pairs of countries/regions. Results indicate
significant nonprice influence and symmetrical EFJ effects
on product substitution. / Graduation date: 1987
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/26046 |
| Date | 25 August 1986 |
| Creators | Siaway, Arthur |
| Contributors | Johnston, Richard S. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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