Sous l'effet d'une conjoncture politique favorable et d'un Code des Investissements Maritimes très généreux, le secteur de la pêche hauturière est né au Maroc. Les entreprises nouvellement créées ont basé leurs activités à l'étranger, faute de ports nationaux convenablement aménagés. Cette situation préjudiciable pour l'économie marocaine allait se prolonger 15...
The paper analyses the annual accounts for the period 1990-94 of a sample of approximately 100 fishing firms operating out of ports in Schleywig-Holstein and exploiting finfish stocks in the North Sea and Baltic, and shrimp stocks in the North Sea. Detailed information is provided on costs and returns by...
Are Marine Protected Areas positive for adjacent fisheries? This is a study of the technical efficiency of small-scale trawlers in Nha Trang, Vietnam following establishment of Nha Trang Bay Marine Protected Area (NTB-MPA) that imposed a trawl ban to protect marine biodiversity and regenerate fish stocks. Data were collected through...
Three case studies were included in a study on fishing vessels, most of which use trawl gear in demersal
fisheries. The case studies include the French Bay of Biscay bottom-trawlers, the English beam trawlers
fishing in the English Channel, Celtic Sea and North Sea, and the Basque trawlers fishing in...
The fishing capacity issue has lately received considerable global attention. The application of an embracing structural policy in the European Union (EU) during the 1980s and 90s has indicated the desire of fisheries managers and administrators to rebalance the level of capacity of fishing fleets with resource availability. A previous...