Analysing the fisheries policy reform in the Faroe Islands: On the path to sustainability?

2018 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 91-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rannvá Danielsen ◽  
Sveinn Agnarsson
Keyword(s):  
Policy Reform ◽  
Faroe Islands ◽  
Fisheries Policy

scholarly journals Using inferred drivers of discarding behaviour to evaluate discard mitigation measures

2013 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 1277-1285 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. Catchpole ◽  
J. P. Feekings ◽  
N. Madsen ◽  
A. Palialexis ◽  
V. Vassilopoulou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Simple Model ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Commercial Fishing ◽  
Member States ◽  
Fisheries Policy ◽  
Minimum Landing Size

Abstract Discards refer to the part of the catch not retained on board during commercial fishing operations, but returned to the sea. The proposed European Union Common Fisheries Policy reform, to be implemented in 2014, sets out a gradual elimination of discards by reducing unwanted catches and ensuring that all catches are landed. To develop successful discard mitigation measures, it is necessary to identify the reasons for discarding. Here, we have developed a simple model that can be applied to data from observer programmes (ObsPs) to establish the contribution of different drivers of discarding behaviour. The analysis makes inferences on the causes of discarding by partitioning discards into four categories based on the length of the fish and the associated regulatory restrictions. The drivers are defined as: fish discarded below the legal minimum landing size; fish for which there is no market and that do not have a minimum landing size; fish for which there are inconsistencies in market and sorting practices; and discards that can be attributed to fishers' responses to quota restrictions. The approach is applied to data generated from ObsPs from five European Member States. All the inferred drivers contribute to the total discard quantity. Their relative contributions vary widely across countries, areas, gears, and species.

scholarly journals The quest for fisheries governance

Elem Sci Anth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Ellefsen ◽  
Daniel W. Bromley
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Demographic Transition ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Commercial Fisheries ◽  
Faroe Islands ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
Adaptive Process ◽  
The Core ◽  
Fisheries Policy

We document the 40-year quest for coherent fisheries governance in the Faroe Islands. The centrality of commercial fisheries to the Faroese economy means that getting fisheries policy right is at the core of social and economic coherence in this small close-knit nation. But the lessons learned here have pertinence to all commercial fisheries. The primary lesson is that fisheries management is a conceit—a chimera. Fisheries policy is about stewardship and the continual balancing of contending visions regarding the purpose of a nation’s fisheries. Policy is inherently contentious over long periods because the polity is always undergoing demographic transition. Most importantly, policy is difficult because participants are never sure what they want until they learn about what is possible for them to have. Compounding this problem is the realization that the participants are themselves changed by a process that John Dewey identified as “trying and undergoing.” Humans adopt policies (trying) and then are themselves changed by the playing out of the implications of those policies (undergoing). All public policy is a continual saga of trying and undergoing—which leads to a new and adapted trying. This adaptive process is not management but governance.

scholarly journals Bioeconomic multistock reference points as a tool for overcoming the drawbacks of the landing obligation

2016 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 511-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorleta García ◽  
Raúl Prellezo ◽  
Paz Sampedro ◽  
José María Da-Rocha ◽  
José Castro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Performance ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Maximum Sustainable Yield ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Present Value ◽  
Fisheries Policy ◽  
Fleet Dynamics ◽  
The Impact

The landing obligation policy was one of the major innovations introduced in the last Common Fisheries Policy reform in Europe. It is foreseen that the policy will affect the use of fishing opportunities and hence the economic performance of the fleets. The problem with fishing opportunities could be solved if single-stock total allowable catches (TACs) could be achieved simultaneously for all the stocks. In this study, we evaluate the economic impact of the landing obligation policy on the Spanish demersal fleet operating in the Iberian Sea region. To generate TAC advice, we used two sets of maximum sustainable yield (MSY) reference points, the single-stock MSY reference points defined by ICES and a set of multistock reference points calculated simultaneously using a bioeconomic optimization model. We found that the impact of the landing obligation is time and fleet dependent and highly influenced by assumptions about fleet dynamics. At fishery level, multistock reference points mitigate the decrease in the net present value generated by the implementation of the landing obligation. However at fleet level, the effect depends on the fleet itself and the period. To ensure the optimum use of fishing opportunities, the landing obligation should be accompanied by a management system that guarantees consistency between single-stock TACs. In this regard, multistock reference points represent an improvement over those currently in use. However, further investigation is necessary to enhance performance both at fleet level and in the long term.

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