A vessel-based bio-economic model (IAM) is presented and applied to the Bay of Biscay sole fishery to investigate alternative quota management systems from a multi-criteria perspective. For this study, the model integrates several institutional arrangements related to catch share management. The current French co-management system with non-transferability of quota is...
Mediterranean fisheries are characterized by a high diversity of fishing
strategies that can be differentiated according to a gradient from the coast
to the offshore area. Over the gradient, fleets interact through the resource.
The paper first provides a description of the fishing strategies and proposes
a typology for the...
Assessing distribution of the expected bio-economic impacts of
management measures between fleet segments is a main issue for decision
making in fisheries management. This requires as a first step a good
description of the system and of the interactions between fleets through
stocks. Making this assessment operational also needs flexible...