This paper deals with capital mobility for artisanal vessels (of less than 24 meters in length) and with its structural adaptation, considering long-term changes in marine fish communities, using the Bay of Biscay
fisheries as a case study. Long term changes are related to the impacts of fishing, to changes...
While indicators and assessment frameworks are being developed for ecosystems, and tools for determining the economic status of a fishery are readily available, integrated assessment tools are still mostly lacking. However, the development of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management requires the monitoring and assessment of exploited ecosystems in all...
The small scale fisheries are generally unknown over the world due to a crucial lack of data, and particularly costs and earnings data. This is also true for the European fisheries while vessels less than 12 meters represent almost 75% of the total European fleet. Faced to the increasing price...