On the basis of proposals made by the European Commission, a reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) for the European Union is foreseen to enter into force during 2013. The European Commission proposal for the CFP reform was supported by an impact assessment analysing the economic, social, and environmental impacts of...
This work analyses empirically the exploitation dynamics from 1997 to 2003, of the most important
segment of the Spanish fishing fleet operating in the EU waters, also known as “300 fleet”. The aim of the
analysis is exploring the economic consequences of the coming into force of the new approaches...
Bio-economic models are increasingly used to provide scientific advice in
fisheries management integrating both biological and socio-economic
considerations. In this context it becomes important to evaluate how
different recovery scenarios will influence the future situation for the
fishing fleets, particularly through the investment/disinvestment decisions
of fishing capacity.
In this paper,...