Integration of a local fish market in Namibia with the global seafood trade: Implications for fish traders and sustainability

Julia Bronnmann; Martin D. Smith; James Abbott; Clinton J. Hay; Tor F. Næsje

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105048

Integration of a local fish market in Namibia with the global seafood trade: Implications for fish traders and sustainability

Julia Bronnmann
, Martin D. Smith^*
, James Abbott
, Clinton J. Hay
, Tor F. Næsje

^*Corresponding author for this work

Duke University
Nipissing University
University of Namibia
Namibia Nature Foundation
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Leipzig University

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Abstract

Within the last decades, globalization has changed the international seafood trade, allowing low-income countries to access markets in high-income countries and vice versa. Nevertheless, the effects of globalization are controversial and in particular the impacts on small-scale fishers and local fish traders are unclear. This paper examines the economic effects of globalization on a local fish market in Katima Mulilo, Namibia along the Zambezi River and near the border with Zambia. Using market data from January 2008 to December 2016, we test two hypotheses. First, we test if the local market is integrated with global markets. Second, we test whether local prices are increasing and associated with positive terms of trade. Using time series methods and hedonic models, results show that the Katima market is linked to the world market, and local fish traders receive higher prices over time as predicted by an increasingly globalized seafood trade.

Original language	English
Article number	105048
Journal	World Development
Volume	135
ISSN	0305-750X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105048
Publication status	Published - Nov 2020
Externally published	Yes

Funding

First and foremost, the authors wish to thank the data collection team led by Hazel Songa and the traders and vendors of the Zambezi–Chobe floodplain fisheries, for their assistance in the process of research. The market data were collected in a series of fisheries projects funded/ managed by Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF), World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and supported by the Namibian Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources . This research was made possible through funding and logistics support from the NNF’s European Union-funded Community Conservation Fisheries in KAZA Project, and also support from the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, from Nipissing University, and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig funded by the German Research Foundation (FZT 118) .

Keywords

Fish trade
Globalization
Market integration
Size-based pricing
Small-scale fisheries
Telecoupling

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