Factors Affecting Technical Efficiency of Trawl Fishery in Penang, Malaysia

The main objective of this study is to investigate the level of technical efficiency and factors affecting technical inefficiency for a sample of local trawl vessel operating in Penang, Malaysia. This study was conducted due to the declining trend of marine fish landing of Penang trawl fishery 1993...

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Main Author:	Lim, Ghee Thean
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Trawls and trawling - Malaysia - Penang Trawlers (Vessels) - Malaysia - Penang Trawls and trawling - Catch effort - Malaysia - Penang
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19535/1/FP_2011_6.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.195352014-05-19T07:49:35Z Factors Affecting Technical Efficiency of Trawl Fishery in Penang, Malaysia 2011-03 Lim, Ghee Thean The main objective of this study is to investigate the level of technical efficiency and factors affecting technical inefficiency for a sample of local trawl vessel operating in Penang, Malaysia. This study was conducted due to the declining trend of marine fish landing of Penang trawl fishery 1993 – 2009. The annual cumulative number of days of local trawl vessels in these seventeen years was also declining in tandem. Data of this study were collected through questionnaire survey that was conducted from November 2009 to January 2010. Sixty-nine fishermen were selected randomly for this study. Information on landing per trip, number of crew, fishing days per trip, diesel consume per trip, gross registered tonnage of vessel and horsepower of vessel were gathered and analyzed by using two approaches namely, stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and data envelopment analysis (DEA). Furthermore, the determinants of technical inefficiency (family background, age, years of experience and education level of fishermen together with age of vessel and possession of echo sounder) were analyzed through SFA and tobit regression. The results from both approaches (DEA and SFA) indicated that technical efficiencies among vessels varied between 12.3% and 100%. The mean technical efficiency for DEA approach was 56.6% while SFA approach recorded 71.7%. The inefficiency model from SFA indicated that experience of fishermen, age of vessels and possession of echo sounder contributed positive influences on technical efficiency. In addition, the inefficiency model from tobit regression showed that family background, education, experience of fishermen and possession of echo sounder contributed positive influences on technical efficiency. The inefficiency models from both SFA and tobit regression consistently indicated that possession of echo sounder was the only significant variable having positive influence on technical efficiency which meant a vessel with possession of echo sounder would be more efficient compared with those vessels without echo sounder. Hence, this study suggested that fishermen should be encouraged to acquire an echo sounder and improve the marine fish landings through offering loans, subsidies or other incentives provided by the government to lessen the high capital investment cost borne by the fishermen. Trawls and trawling - Malaysia - Penang Trawlers (Vessels) - Malaysia - Penang Trawls and trawling - Catch effort - Malaysia - Penang 2011-03 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19535/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19535/1/FP_2011_6.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Trawls and trawling - Malaysia - Penang Trawlers (Vessels) - Malaysia - Penang Trawls and trawling - Catch effort - Malaysia - Penang Faculty of Agriculture English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English English
topic	Trawls and trawling - Malaysia - Penang Trawlers (Vessels) - Malaysia - Penang Trawls and trawling - Catch effort - Malaysia - Penang
spellingShingle	Trawls and trawling - Malaysia - Penang Trawlers (Vessels) - Malaysia - Penang Trawls and trawling - Catch effort - Malaysia - Penang Lim, Ghee Thean Factors Affecting Technical Efficiency of Trawl Fishery in Penang, Malaysia
description	The main objective of this study is to investigate the level of technical efficiency and factors affecting technical inefficiency for a sample of local trawl vessel operating in Penang, Malaysia. This study was conducted due to the declining trend of marine fish landing of Penang trawl fishery 1993 – 2009. The annual cumulative number of days of local trawl vessels in these seventeen years was also declining in tandem. Data of this study were collected through questionnaire survey that was conducted from November 2009 to January 2010. Sixty-nine fishermen were selected randomly for this study. Information on landing per trip, number of crew, fishing days per trip, diesel consume per trip, gross registered tonnage of vessel and horsepower of vessel were gathered and analyzed by using two approaches namely, stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and data envelopment analysis (DEA). Furthermore, the determinants of technical inefficiency (family background, age, years of experience and education level of fishermen together with age of vessel and possession of echo sounder) were analyzed through SFA and tobit regression. The results from both approaches (DEA and SFA) indicated that technical efficiencies among vessels varied between 12.3% and 100%. The mean technical efficiency for DEA approach was 56.6% while SFA approach recorded 71.7%. The inefficiency model from SFA indicated that experience of fishermen, age of vessels and possession of echo sounder contributed positive influences on technical efficiency. In addition, the inefficiency model from tobit regression showed that family background, education, experience of fishermen and possession of echo sounder contributed positive influences on technical efficiency. The inefficiency models from both SFA and tobit regression consistently indicated that possession of echo sounder was the only significant variable having positive influence on technical efficiency which meant a vessel with possession of echo sounder would be more efficient compared with those vessels without echo sounder. Hence, this study suggested that fishermen should be encouraged to acquire an echo sounder and improve the marine fish landings through offering loans, subsidies or other incentives provided by the government to lessen the high capital investment cost borne by the fishermen.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Lim, Ghee Thean
author_facet	Lim, Ghee Thean
author_sort	Lim, Ghee Thean
title	Factors Affecting Technical Efficiency of Trawl Fishery in Penang, Malaysia
title_short	Factors Affecting Technical Efficiency of Trawl Fishery in Penang, Malaysia
title_full	Factors Affecting Technical Efficiency of Trawl Fishery in Penang, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Factors Affecting Technical Efficiency of Trawl Fishery in Penang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Factors Affecting Technical Efficiency of Trawl Fishery in Penang, Malaysia
title_sort	factors affecting technical efficiency of trawl fishery in penang, malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Agriculture
publishDate	2011
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19535/1/FP_2011_6.pdf
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Factors Affecting Technical Efficiency of Trawl Fishery in Penang, Malaysia

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