Restrictions on flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in most sectors of OECD countries have been significantly reduced in recent years. In contrast, FDI in the fish harvesting sectors of OECD countries is still heavily restricted through a range of measures including outright bans on FDI, maximum allowable levels of...
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...
This study investigates the adjustment process of labor in the fishing industry of the Spanish regions
(Autonomous Communities). The analysis is based on a dynamic model applied to a panel of the 10
coastal regions in Spain for the period covering 1965 to 2001. A translog labor demand equation is...
En vertu du principe de préservation des stocks naturels et au delà, de la viabilité d'une industrie des pêches, l'attention des pouvoirs publics est, à l'heure actuelle, essentiellement portée sur la diminution des capacités de production[1]. Une mesure globale de ces capacités de production mises en oeuvre pour la capture...
The financial performance of the UK fishing fleet has been directly affected by high prices for diesel fuel. As a result, the fishing industry has been faced with an urgent need to reduce their dependency on fuel oil. The UK Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish) is leading a project part-funded...
The 2010 Annual Economic Report (AER) on the European Union (EU)
fishing fleet, due for publication in the summer of 2010, will provide the
most comprehensive overview to date on the structure and economic
performance of the EU Member States fishing fleets.
For the first time, the data used to...
In recent years, WTO constantly focuses on fishery subsidy negotiations, and since the Non-actionable subsidies have been cancelled, fishery subsidies norm is still hard to reach a consensus. Although the WTO president drafted a list of prohibitive subsidies in 2008, they have been implementing widely in most countries, especially the...
A major problem affecting world fisheries today is overcapacity of which
overfishing is both a cause and a consequence. Subsidies are now widely
perceived as an underlying cause of overcapacity, the negative
environmental, social and economic effects of which can be masked by
increasing support from the government. Subsidies that...
It is often taken for granted that taxation of rents is economically nondistortive. In certain areas of natural resource use, e.g. oil extraction and fisheries, this nondistortion principle has been used to justify taxation of what is regarded as resource rents. This paper challenges the view that such taxation is...
Economists have long promoted fishery rationalization programs, but ITQs may fail to address the
ecological consequences of fishing. Of particular concern is that economic incentives to harvest larger
fish (due to size-dependent pricing or quota-induced discarding) can destabilize fish populations or lead to
evolutionary changes. A substantial theoretical literature in...