Price Premium and Resource Rents from Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Farming in Lake Sebu, Philippines

• Main Author: Palanca-Tan, Rosalina
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: aquaculture; resource rent taxation; resource management; Economics; Environmental Studies; Other Economics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/145; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/economics-faculty-pubs/article/1144/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

With deep lakes and cool weather, high-quality tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) is produced in the Municipality of Lake Sebu in the southern Philippines, fetching a price premium that results in Ricardian resource rent for fish cage operators. This extra rent has induced unsustainable...