The impact of climatic and environmental changes on the sustainable yield of the Saudi’s capture fisheries

Saudi Arabia aims to enhance the productivity of fish production and culture of consumption of fish products and increase the export of fish products through implementing the National Transformation Program. This study aimed to identify the current status of marine fish production and most critical...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Alnafissa, Alaa Kotb, Yosef Alamri, Fuad Alagsam, Jawad Alhashim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364721001191
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spelling doaj-efd93b6f41114d68be7d136eb3ae6aa12021-06-17T04:45:40ZengElsevierJournal of King Saud University: Science1018-36472021-07-01335101458The impact of climatic and environmental changes on the sustainable yield of the Saudi’s capture fisheriesMohamad Alnafissa0Alaa Kotb1Yosef Alamri2Fuad Alagsam3Jawad Alhashim4Corresponding author.; Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Agricultural Economics, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Agricultural Economics, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Agricultural Economics, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Agricultural Economics, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia aims to enhance the productivity of fish production and culture of consumption of fish products and increase the export of fish products through implementing the National Transformation Program. This study aimed to identify the current status of marine fish production and most critical climatic and environmental factors affecting the production of natural fisheries and estimate the maximum sustainable yield in Saudi Arabia by focusing on the primary fisheries in the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea during the period 2000–2019. We found that the most important economic, climatic, and environmental factors affecting marine fish production in Saudi Arabia were the number of industrial fishing boats, number of fishers, and wind speed. There was a significant positive relationship between the quantity of fish production in Saudi’s fisheries and the number of industrial fishing boats and fisher numbers. In contrast, there was an inverse relationship between wind speed and fish production in these fisheries. The total output elasticity was 0.10, which is less than 1, indicating that fish production in these fisheries is in the second production stage, which is called the economic production stage. In contrast, there is an opportunity to increase the production variables with diminishing returns. Schaefer’s model analysis confirmed the ability to increase production in most of the study period in both the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea with fishing production not exceeding the maximum sustainable level.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364721001191FisheriesProduction stageSchaefer modelMaximum sustainable yieldSaudi Arabia
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author Mohamad Alnafissa
Alaa Kotb
Yosef Alamri
Fuad Alagsam
Jawad Alhashim
spellingShingle Mohamad Alnafissa
Alaa Kotb
Yosef Alamri
Fuad Alagsam
Jawad Alhashim
The impact of climatic and environmental changes on the sustainable yield of the Saudi’s capture fisheries
Journal of King Saud University: Science
Fisheries
Production stage
Schaefer model
Maximum sustainable yield
Saudi Arabia
author_facet Mohamad Alnafissa
Alaa Kotb
Yosef Alamri
Fuad Alagsam
Jawad Alhashim
author_sort Mohamad Alnafissa
title The impact of climatic and environmental changes on the sustainable yield of the Saudi’s capture fisheries
title_short The impact of climatic and environmental changes on the sustainable yield of the Saudi’s capture fisheries
title_full The impact of climatic and environmental changes on the sustainable yield of the Saudi’s capture fisheries
title_fullStr The impact of climatic and environmental changes on the sustainable yield of the Saudi’s capture fisheries
title_full_unstemmed The impact of climatic and environmental changes on the sustainable yield of the Saudi’s capture fisheries
title_sort impact of climatic and environmental changes on the sustainable yield of the saudi’s capture fisheries
publisher Elsevier
series Journal of King Saud University: Science
issn 1018-3647
publishDate 2021-07-01
description Saudi Arabia aims to enhance the productivity of fish production and culture of consumption of fish products and increase the export of fish products through implementing the National Transformation Program. This study aimed to identify the current status of marine fish production and most critical climatic and environmental factors affecting the production of natural fisheries and estimate the maximum sustainable yield in Saudi Arabia by focusing on the primary fisheries in the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea during the period 2000–2019. We found that the most important economic, climatic, and environmental factors affecting marine fish production in Saudi Arabia were the number of industrial fishing boats, number of fishers, and wind speed. There was a significant positive relationship between the quantity of fish production in Saudi’s fisheries and the number of industrial fishing boats and fisher numbers. In contrast, there was an inverse relationship between wind speed and fish production in these fisheries. The total output elasticity was 0.10, which is less than 1, indicating that fish production in these fisheries is in the second production stage, which is called the economic production stage. In contrast, there is an opportunity to increase the production variables with diminishing returns. Schaefer’s model analysis confirmed the ability to increase production in most of the study period in both the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea with fishing production not exceeding the maximum sustainable level.
topic Fisheries
Production stage
Schaefer model
Maximum sustainable yield
Saudi Arabia
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364721001191
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