Abstract
Missing the Boat? Measuring and Evaluating Local Groundfish Purchases by New England Institutions
Highlights
Multiple factors motivate the interest of policymakers, nonprofits, and seafood suppliers in enhancing local seafood markets in the United States
We find that local seafood purchases by schools in New England are not widespread, even among the subset of schools that are undertaking farm to school activities
The economic size of local agricultural production in the U.S has increased to the point at which it is greater than the value of cotton production and almost equal to that of wheat production (USDA NASS 2017)
Summary
Multiple factors motivate the interest of policymakers, nonprofits, and seafood suppliers in enhancing local seafood markets in the United States. Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics, Vol 5, Iss. 1 [2018], Art. 2 to assess the propensity and frequency of local seafood purchases by schools and colleges (USDA FNS 2016, FINE 2017b). These datasets were principally developed to analyze how these institutions purchase local agricultural products, they contain information about local seafood that has not been extensively examined previously. Case studies, we find that New England colleges source a variety of local groundfish principally for on-campus dining and that they place high value on seafood certification schemes as guidance for making sustainable purchases
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