Potential Economic Consequences of the Landing Obligation

Ayoe Hoff, Hans Staby Frost, Peder Andersen, Raul Prellezo, Lucia Rueda, George Triantaphyllidis, Ioanna Argyrou, Athanassios Tsikliras, Arina Motova, Sigrid Lehuta, Hazel Curtis, Gonzalo Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Hugo M. Ballesteros, Julio Valeiras, José María Bellido

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Abstract

To assess the likely economic outcomes to fishing fleets of the Landing Obligation (LO), bioeconomic models covering seven European fisheries, ranging from the North East Atlantic to the Mediterranean, have been applied to estimate the economic performance of fleets before and after implementing the LO. It is shown that for most of the analysed fisheries, their economic outcome will be negatively affected in the long term by the LO, when compared to the expected outcome with no LO. Efficient mitigation strategies (exemptions, quota uplifts, improved selectivity, effort reallocation and others) may, for some of the analysed fisheries, reduce the negative economic effect of the LO. Moreover, the possibility to trade quotas, both nationally and internationally, may also reduce the economic losses caused by the LO. However, even with mitigation strategies and/or quota trade in place, most of the analysed fisheries are worse off under the LO than what could be expected if the LO was not implemented.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe European Landing Obligation : Reducing Discards in Complex, Multi-Species and Multi-Jurisdictional Fisheries
EditorsSven Sebastian Uhlmann, Clara Ulrich, Steven J. Kennelly
Number of pages20
PublisherSpringer
Publication date19 Dec 2018
Pages109-128
Chapter6
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-03307-1
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-03308-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Dec 2018

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