The impact of aggregated and disaggregated fisheries production and licensed fishermen on fishing grounds footprint: A time series analysis

Sakiru Adebola Solarin; Pradip Kundu; Pritish Kumar Sahu; Jie Yin Law

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116423

The impact of aggregated and disaggregated fisheries production and licensed fishermen on fishing grounds footprint: A time series analysis

Mar Pollut Bull. 2024 May 2:203:116423. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116423. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Sakiru Adebola Solarin¹, Pradip Kundu², Pritish Kumar Sahu³, Jie Yin Law⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Business, Multimedia University, 75450, Melaka, Malaysia. Electronic address: sakirusolarin@gmail.com.
² School of Computer Science and Engineering, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India.
³ International Management Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751003, India.
⁴ School of Economics, University of Nottingham - Malaysia Campus, Semenyih, Malaysia.

PMID: 38701602
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116423

Abstract

This study has examined the factors of fishing grounds footprint in Malaysia during 1961-2018, which has been used as the indicator of environmental degradation. The main contribution of this paper is that we have considered the role of aggregated and disaggregated fisheries production on pollution in the fishing industry. Another contribution of this study is that the environmental impact of activities of licensed fishermen has been examined. The results suggest that the total fisheries production and its components- capture fisheries production and aquaculture production generate an increase in fishing grounds footprint in Malaysia. The results suggest that an increase in total licensed fishermen facilitate an increase in fishing grounds footprint. There is mixed evidence on the impact of local fishermen on fishing footprint. The results indicate that an increase in foreign fishermen facilitate an increase in fishing grounds footprint. The results suggest mixed evidence for Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis.

Keywords: EKC hypothesis; Fisheries production; Fishing grounds footprint; Licensed fishermen; Malaysia.