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Data from: Estimating and comparing the direct economic contributions of reef fisheries and tourism in the Asia-Pacific

Background [Extract from Related publication]: Global estimates of the economic value of coral reefs have been made using benefit transfer and other valuation methods, but it is unclear whether these estimates match actualized values (e.g. market values of reef fish and reef tourism) or how they scale to specific regions. Here we empirically estimated the (actualized) direct economic contribution of fishing and tourism on coral reefs (i.e., direct use values) in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, which includes a majority (~80%) of the global reef area.

Methods [Extract]: We analyzed and estimated the contribution of each country’s direct use values associated with coral reefs to gross domestic product (GDP). We then compared out findings to global estimates of the value of tourism and fishing on reefs. We focused on direct use values for which regional open-access data exist: fishing (Pauly, 2007; Pauly et al., 2020) and tourism (Spalding et al., 2017). Other direct use values were excluded due to limitations imposed by data availability, most notably for using coral reefs as building materials, a source of aquarium fish, ornamentals from dead coral and seashells, and pharmaceuticals. Our final estimates are thus considered a conservative estimate of the direct economic contributions of fisheries and tourism on reefs.

Data sources acknowledgement:

  1. Pauly D., Zeller D., Palomares M.L.D. (Editors), 2020. Sea Around Us Concepts, Design and Data (seaaroundus.org).
  2. Spalding, M., Burke, L., Wood, S.A., Ashpole, J., Hutchison, J., zu Ermgassen, P., 2017. Mapping the global value and distribution of coral reef tourism. Marine Policy 82, 104–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.05.014

This dataset consists of:

  • 1 MS Excel file (6 worksheets) containing input data and calculation of economic reef parameters used in analysis
  • 1 zip archive containing 64 Excel files i.e. Sea Around Us data on fish stocks (summary files and files for 63 countries) extracted for further analysis.

MS Excel worksheets have also been saved and archived in OpenDocument (.ods) format.

An extensive data summary is available in the Open Access publication from the Related publications link below.

 
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    Background [Extract from Related publication]: Global estimates of the economic value of coral reefs have been made using benefit transfer and other valuation methods, but it is unclear whether these estimates match actualized values (e.g. market values of reef fish and reef tourism) or how they scale to specific regions. Here we empirically estimated the (actualized) direct economic contribution of fishing and tourism on coral reefs (i.e., direct use values) in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, which includes a majority (~80%) of the global reef area.

    Methods [Extract]: We analyzed and estimated the contribution of each country’s direct use values associated with coral reefs to gross domestic product (GDP). We then compared out findings to global estimates of the value of tourism and fishing on reefs. We focused on direct use values for which regional open-access data exist: fishing (Pauly, 2007; Pauly et al., 2020) and tourism (Spalding et al., 2017). Other direct use values were excluded due to limitations imposed by data availability, most notably for using coral reefs as building materials, a source of aquarium fish, ornamentals from dead coral and seashells, and pharmaceuticals. Our final estimates are thus considered a conservative estimate of the direct economic contributions of fisheries and tourism on reefs.

    Data sources acknowledgement:

    1. Pauly D., Zeller D., Palomares M.L.D. (Editors), 2020. Sea Around Us Concepts, Design and Data (seaaroundus.org).
    2. Spalding, M., Burke, L., Wood, S.A., Ashpole, J., Hutchison, J., zu Ermgassen, P., 2017. Mapping the global value and distribution of coral reef tourism. Marine Policy 82, 104–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.05.014

    This dataset consists of:

    • 1 MS Excel file (6 worksheets) containing input data and calculation of economic reef parameters used in analysis
    • 1 zip archive containing 64 Excel files i.e. Sea Around Us data on fish stocks (summary files and files for 63 countries) extracted for further analysis.

    MS Excel worksheets have also been saved and archived in OpenDocument (.ods) format.

    An extensive data summary is available in the Open Access publication from the Related publications link below.

     

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    • Descriptor
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    • Data type dataset
  • Keywords
    • economic valuation
    • ecosystem services
    • reef conservation
    • fisheries
    • tourism
    • marine-protected areas
  • Funding source
    • Australian Research Council
  • Research grant(s)/Scheme name(s)
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    • Research themes
    Tropical Ecosystems, Conservation and Climate Change
    Industries and Economies in the Tropics
    People and Societies in the Tropics
    FoR Codes (*)
    • 380105 - Environment and resource economics
    • 410401 - Conservation and biodiversity
    • 410404 - Environmental management
    SEO Codes
    • 100305 - Wild caught fin fish (excl. tuna)
    • 180501 - Assessment and management of benthic marine ecosystems
    • 190205 - Environmental protection frameworks (incl. economic incentives)
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    • Time Period 2008 - 2012
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  • Locations
    • Asia-Pacific Region
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    Type Location Notes
    Attachment HAB_economicvalue_reefs.xlsx Excel file with input data and calculation of economic reef parameters used in analysis
    Attachment SAU_fishcatch.zip Sea Around Us data on fish stocks (by country). Excel files extract the relevant values for each country that are consequently used in my further analysis
    The Data Manager is: Graeme Cumming
    College or Centre College of Science & Engineering
    Access conditions Open: free access under license
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    • Data record size 2 files: 27.1 MB
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      Name Bartelet, Henry A., Barnes, Michele L. and Cumming, Graeme S. (2024) Estimating and comparing the direct economic contributions of reef fisheries and tourism in the Asia-Pacific. Marine Policy, 159. 105939
    • URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105939
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    The data will be licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0: Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
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    • Statement of rights in data All data inputs were made available under open Creative Commons licences. Please see the description for a full acknowledgement of data sources.
  • Data owners
      Henry Bartelet
- Citation
    Citation Bartelet, Henry Antoine (2023): Data from: Estimating and comparing the direct economic contributions of reef fisheries and tourism in the Asia-Pacific. James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.25903/25jg-bj06