Productivity of beach seine fishing cooperatives in Gilan province

Abstract

This study was conducted to analyze the productivity of fishing cooperatives in Guilan province. In this research, the method of partial productivity analysis and total factors productivity and Tornqvist index was used and the data of this research were collected using a questionnaire from the level of fishing cooperatives for the fishing season of 2017. The results showed that in terms of partial productivity, on average, in all cooperatives, Astara county is in the lowest situation and Rasht county is in the highest position. In terms of total factor productivity, the highest rank is related to Rasht county with an average index of 1.511 and the lowest rank is related to Astara county with an average index of 0.133. In the whole province, 22 cooperatives equivalent to 44% of the cooperatives had total productivity of more than one, and 28 cooperatives equivalent to 56% of the cooperatives had total productivity of less than one. According to the findings, it is suggested that cost management be given more importance than increasing fishing and increasing revenue, and considering that Rasht cooperatives were superior to other parts of the province in terms of productivity, it seems that the centrality of this region and accessing more facilities to be effective in this issue. Therefore, it is suggested that more support be given to cooperatives in other cities to increase the possibility of productivity growth in them.

Keywords

• partial factor productivity
• total factor productivity
• cooperatives
• seine fishing
• gilan province