Effect simulation and designing of the rate for charging to control fishing capacity of Chinese inshore fleets

Abstract:

Base on the systematically measure to the fishing capability and the capacity utilization of Chinese inshore fleets by the data envelope analysis method, it was set up separately for the quantity relations between the fishing capacity and the income, the capacity utilization and the fishing capacity, and the income of per unit capacity and the capacity utilization. Making use of these models, the possible effect to fishing capacity was simulated by charging different fee for per unit of fishing capacity from 1996 to 2005. The results showed: through charging by 100 yuan for a ton fishing capacity to Chinese inshore fishing fleets for ten years, the fishing capacity would be curtailed to 40% of the original ones if the other management measures were not changed. So it will be necessary for controlling fishing capacity to introduce the system of charging in Chinese inshore fishing management. In the same time, the research also discovered that charging to fishing fleets will improve the whole fishing industry’s efficiency. But only when the fee rate isn’t too low, the effect of charging for protecting fishery resources will be seen, After that, the design of the proper fee rate for controlling fishing capacity to given aim was studied by the method of programming solution. It provides a reference method for constituting effective fee rate to the policies of charging. At last, through analyzing the difference between charging and taxing, it is suggested to collect the protecting fee of fishery resources for Chinese inshore fleets.