Economic Assessment of the Connecticut Commercial Lobster Industry, 2006

摘要

In 2007, at the request of commercial lobstermen concerned about the lack of recovery of their industry from the 1999 lobster die-off, a study was initiated by Connecticut Sea Grant to assess the economic status of the Connecticut commercial lobster industry as of 2006. A questionnaire was developed and mailed to all individuals holding commercial lobster licenses in Connecticut. The response rate was very low. In spring of 2008, in an effort to increase the number of responses received, undergraduate student Emily Keiley called lobstermen to encourage their participation in the economic assessment study and discussed the survey and handed out additional copies at a meeting of the Connecticut Commercial Lobstermen's Association. Ultimately, 13 usable responses from self-declared full-time commercial lobstermen and 13 usable responses from self-declared part-time lobstermen were received. These responses represented about 43% of the full-time lobstermen and about 10% of the part-time lobstermen active in 2006.