Long-term potential effects from management of the fish resources of the North Atlantic

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Author: Gulland, J. A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1982
• Subjects: Articles; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/40/1/8; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/40.1.8

Long-term benefits from improved fishery management can be placed in four classes - greater gross value of the catch; reduced costs of capture; better allocation of benefits, e.g. between different regions, or different sections of the community; and reduced administrative and similar burdens. These benefits are discussed in general terms, and in relation to the value of the North Sea fisheries. Though the volume of the catch from the North Sea has more than doubled in the last 20 years, the value (at fixed prices) has probably not changed much. Different patterns of fishing might increase the value of the North Sea catch by 50 % or more. The total net benefits from better management of the northeast Atlantic fisheries might be a billion (109) dollars annually.