Price volatility in fish food systems
Spatial Arbitrage as an Adaptive Strategy for Small-Scale Fish Traders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4240632 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emma Rice (0000-0001-8812-2368), Abigail Bennett (0000-0001-9356-8014), Martin D Smith (0000-0002-4714-463X), Martin Smith (0000-0002-0465-4760), Lenis Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O Liverpool-Tasie (0000-0002-2990-5888), Samson Katengeza, Samson P Katengeza (0000-0002-2429-9217), Dana Infante, Dana M Infante (0000-0003-1385-1587), David Tschirley (0000-0002-7552-0719) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conservation Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1195-5449 • E-ISSN: 1708-3087 |
| Publisher | Resilience Alliance (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.5751/es-15076-290213 |
| OpenAlex | W4399124924 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
Anthropogenic stressors such as land-use change, habitat degradation, and climate change stress inland fish populations globally. Such ecological disturbances can affect actors throughout the social-ecological system by contributing to uncertainty in landings, landing prices, and coastal incomes. Most literature to date on the resilience of the fishing sector has focused on fishing (production), fisheries management, and the livelihoods of fishers, whereas little attention has been paid to the post-harvest sector and the livelihoods of fish processors, logistics providers, wholesalers, and retailers. In the empirical case of the small-scale usipa ( Engraulicypris sardella ) trade in Malawi, we investigated the impacts of price volatility, a form of uncertainty, on small-scale fish retailers’ livelihood outcomes. By concentrating on fish retailers in the downstream region of the value chain, we provide new insight into how small-scale fisheries actors in the broader fish food system experience and adapt to uncertainty. We find that price volatility negatively impacts net income for retailers, and that an important adaptive strategy is spatial arbitrage. However, gender dynamics and access to capital limit retailers’ ability to employ the spatial arbitrage adaptive strategy
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |