The “Discard Ban Package”: Experiences in efforts to improve the exploitation patterns in Norwegian fisheries

A source to long-term increased catches and profitability for the fishing fleet is the reduction of discards and improvements in exploitation patterns. This article details the development of Norwegian regulatory measures to this end, in particular the introduction of a discard ban and the Barents S...

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Published in:Marine Policy
Main Authors: Gullestad, Peter, Blom, Geir, Bakke, Gunnstein, Bogstad, Bjarte
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Subjects:
VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921
VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Catch: 925
Barents Sea
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11250/273853
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.09.025
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Summary:A source to long-term increased catches and profitability for the fishing fleet is the reduction of discards and improvements in exploitation patterns. This article details the development of Norwegian regulatory measures to this end, in particular the introduction of a discard ban and the Barents Sea programme of real-time closures of fishing areas. Actual benefits of this policy are outlined.

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