Journal article
Rebuilding fish stocks and changing fisheries management, a major challenge for the Common Fisheries Policy reform in Europe
Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Santiago de Compostela, Av. Burgo das Nacións s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain1
Centro Nacional Patagónico, CONICET, 9120 Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina2
Karl-Göran Mäler Fellow, The Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 50005, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden3
Campus do Mar – International Campus of Excellence, Spain4
Université Européenne de Bretagne, Pôle halieutique AGROCAMPUS OUEST, UMR Ecologie et Santé des Ecosystèmes, Rennes, France5
Helmholtz-Centre for Ocean Research (GEOMAR), Duesternbrooker Weg 20, Germany6
In the European Union (EU), subsidies to the fishing industry and lack of compliance and enforcement of fishing regulations have led to a chronic overcapacity and a general decline of commercial fish stocks. The entire fisheries sector (extractive fishing, fish canning and commercialization subsectors) is still affected, with all directly and indirectly employed people being impacted by the overfishing problem.
However, fish populations could strongly increase and generate more economic output if they were left for only a few years under less fishing pressure. The papers published in this Special Issue are the products of recent research conducted by European fisheries scientists, economists, and lawyers. A window of opportunity for change is currently open under the current Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform.
This Special Issue is an attempt to stimulate the debate by providing new findings and formulating new proposals to rebuild stocks, strengthen ecosystems resilience and better manage EU fisheries. The Special Issue consists of eight papers dealing with relevant biological and economic aspects of the management of European fisheries.
Together these papers show that the EU fish stocks are under high fishing pressure and that their recovery will generate not only environmental or ecosystem benefits but also greater profitability for the fisheries sector.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2012 |
Pages: | 1-3 |
ISSN: | 1873524x and 09645691 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.07.021 |