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The Combined Value of the Ocean Ecosystem
Services to the BCLME Countries
The combined DOI of the BCLME ocean ecosystems is US$ 602.2
million per year. Although South Africa gains the most from
the mariculture and recreational fisheries sectors, Namibia,
with an estimated DOI of US$ 313.3 million, experiences the
greatest economic impact overall on account of the fisheries
sector (Figure 12). South Africa and Angola, however, lead in
terms of people employed by the BCLME (Figure 13).
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Figure 13:
Number of Jobs Generated by the BCLME.
Source: Sumaila (2015).
Angola
Namibia
South Africa
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
32,477
15,921
37,775
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
Number of Jobs Generated by the BCLME
Source: Sumaila (2015).
The data used in Sumaila (2015) is imperfect and comes from
previous studies. The benefit transfer approach is applied
with regards to the economic multipliers that are based on
input-output models of differently structured economies.
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Participation, expenditure and employment data for the
MRA estimates come from a 2010 meta-analysis that uses
a large degree of economic modelling and relies heavily on
the benefit transfer approach.
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Sumaila (2015) presents a
rough, but telling, picture of how the BCLME countries share
marine ecosystem services.