By 2015 The European Common Fisheries Policy Reform includes a discard ban (landing obligation) in some fisheries and over the next few years all EU fisheries will be facing the discard ban restriction. This is one of the most significant changes of the Common Fishery Policy since 1983. In spite...
European fisheries activities are subject to a hierarchy of regulatory authorities. This raises questions regarding the implications of strategic interaction between different authority levels concerning the regulation of these activities. We apply a bio-economic objective function where fishers and regulators have environmental, economic and social preferences, and where fishers are...
In furtherance to the on-going studies on what is responsible for the fatty acid composition of the most widely cultured fish (Clarias gariepinus) in Nigeria, this work see to evaluate the comparative study of the cage cultured and captured catfish in brackish water of Ibeju-lekki area of Lagos State. Nigeria....
Proceedings of the Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, held July 11-15, 2016 at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center (AECC), Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
The implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) requires scientific advice in many different fields such as marine biology, marine ecology and fishery economics. A wide range of fisheries data needed for scientific advice is collected, managed and made available by the Member States...
A major revision of the CFP for the period 2013-2022 was the introduction of a landing obligation (LO) of all fish caught. Contrary to f. ex. Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands the EU has conducted a regime where it was forbidden to keep fish below a certain size on...
Strategy of livelihood recovery should be promoted by community participation and their shelf-lesson learnt. This research assess the integration of sustainable livelihood strategies into fisheries livelihood recovery using indicators (poverty and income), external aid role, and fishing community engagement in arranging fisheries livelihood recovery. It was conducted in Krueng Raya...
The generation of market information is critical in the dynamic and highly differentiated global seafood market. Information has strategic value and market information is therefore vital in creating and delivering value. However, the context of long, globalised supply chains and highly differentiated seafood markets results in value chain members having...
Small-scale shrimp farmers have contributed significantly to the increasing of shrimp production in Indonesia. In line with increasing production, they have also faced with various risks, thus resulting in high fluctuation of their income. Risk management strategies are needed to cope the risks and to increase their sustainability in shrimp...
Poverty issues cannot be underestimated in fish farmers' production as they influence farmers' attitudes towards risk. Despite the fact that there are studies on fish production risks, there is little or no study on fish farmers' poverty status and risk attitudes nexus in Nigeria. Hence, this study examined risk attitudes...