Protected Species Valuation: Economic Estimates for U.S. Marine Species, 2008

Protected Species Valuation, Phase One 2008 is a dataset from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Commerce. It contains results from a stated preference choice experiment estimating the economic value of recovering or downlisting multiple threatened and endangered marine species in the United States. The research aims to synthesize over 40 existing nonmarket value estimates, which are often difficult to compare due to variations in study design.

Use Cases

• Compare economic value estimates for different marine species based on the choice experiment results.
• Model public willingness to pay for species recovery based on stated preference data.
• Inform conservation policy and resource allocation based on synthesized nonmarket valuation research.

Strengths

• Dataset is produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a U.S. federal agency.
• Research synthesizes over 40 existing nonmarket value estimates for threatened and endangered species.
• Focuses on multiple threatened and endangered marine species in the United States.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a 2008 study; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Stated preference choice experiment

Time Range

2008

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-11 23:32:42.078733; freshness should be verified

Geography

United States (marine species)