Risk Assessment of Trans-oceanic Fishery Cooperation Between China and Gambia: Based on fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method

Abstract

China and Gambia have a long history of diplomatic relations. The maritime fishery cooperation between China and Gambia is an overseas investment of resource guide, which is an industrial cooperation that develops and utilizes marine fishery resources in the exclusive economic zone of Gambia with official permission and promotes the interconnected development of relevant industries. Gambia is one of the important African countries along the Belt and Road Initiative, which is of great significance for China to expand its maritime development space and build a "blue partnership". The paper conducted a risk assessment of trans-oceanic fishery cooperation between China and Gambia, and analyzed the possible risk factors involved in the cooperation process. Combined with the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method, built China and Gambia trans-oceanic fishery cooperation risk early warning model, to clarify the risk factors of primary and secondary relations. The results showed that the risk coefficient of trans-oceanic fishery cooperation between the two countries was above medium, and there was a great risk. The degree of impact of the risk factor, in descending order, was main risk factor, production risk factor, market risk factor, technology risk factor, policy risk factor. According to the results, the countermeasures and suggestions conducive to the orderly and healthy development of trans-oceanic fishery cooperation between the two countries were put forward to avoid the risks.

Keywords

• trans-oceanic fishery
• fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method
• cooperative risk
• international fisheries cooperation
• pelagic fishery