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Benchmarked Competitiveness Study of BC’s Sea Urchin Fisheries. Seafood Value Chain Roundtable & British Columbia Seafood Alliance. With funding from Canadian Agriculture and Food International (CAFI) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Benchmarks. Government Policy
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Benchmarked Competitiveness Study of BC’s Sea Urchin Fisheries Seafood Value Chain Roundtable & British Columbia Seafood Alliance With funding from Canadian Agriculture and Food International (CAFI) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Benchmarks • Government Policy • Resource Sustainability; Resource Management • Operations • Management; Input Costs; Harvesting; Post-harvest handling; Processing; Logistics/Transportation; Quality: Continuity of Supply. • Marketing • Market Research; Product Development; Pricing; Promotion and Advertising; Market Development; Selling Methods; Customer Service; Access; Packaging. • Administration • Human Resources; Capital; Overhead
Size of Fishery Japan: ~13,000 MT and $C 124 M; Chile: 50,000 MT and $C 9.3 M
Unit Productivity Japan and Chile have an estimated 1,000 and 7,500 -8,000 harvesters respectively
Thanks to: BC Seafood Alliance Pacific Urchin Harvesters Ass’n West Coast Green Urchin Ass’n Agriculture and AgriFood Canada