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Season timing

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How your fishing days are distributed across the quota year relative to the price curve. With a fixed catch, when you land it matters as much as how much you land.

Worked example · Effort vs price · through the year
Days fished Beach price Mar Feb
Effort vs price · through the year
The benchmark

Under output controls there is real scope to shift effort into higher-priced periods; concentrating catch when beach prices peak lifts revenue on the same quota.

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What it signals

The same quota is worth more landed into a strong market than a weak one. Overlaying effort on the beach-price curve reveals whether you are catching cheap and idle dear, and where a small shift in timing would lift the average price across the season.

Data required to calculate
Catch by monthkgBeach price by month$/kg

Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.

How to improve it
01

Weight effort toward the higher-priced months where weather allows.

02

Hold quota back from gluts that soften the beach price.

03

Use carry-over and leasing to smooth catch across the year.

Questions & answers

What is season timing?

How your fishing days are distributed across the quota year relative to the price curve. With a fixed catch, when you land it matters as much as how much you land.

What data do you need to calculate season timing?

You need: Catch by month (kg), Beach price by month ($/kg). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.

What is a good season timing benchmark?

Under output controls there is real scope to shift effort into higher-priced periods; concentrating catch when beach prices peak lifts revenue on the same quota.

How do you improve season timing?

Weight effort toward the higher-priced months where weather allows. Hold quota back from gluts that soften the beach price. Use carry-over and leasing to smooth catch across the year.

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