A Review of the European Union Landing Obligation Focusing on Its Implications for Fisheries and the Environment
Discarding is a common practice in fisheries. Total discards are estimated to be about 30 million tons, representing around 23% of worldwide catches. Discarding is an undesirable practice, not only because of the waste of resources, but also because of its contribution to the overexploitation of fis...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:4:p:900-:d:137300 2024-04-14T08:13:45+00:00 A Review of the European Union Landing Obligation Focusing on Its Implications for Fisheries and the Environment Jordi Guillen Steven J. Holmes Natacha Carvalho John Casey Hendrik Dörner Maurizio Gibin Alessandro Mannini Paraskevas Vasilakopoulos Antonella Zanzi https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/4/900/pdf https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/4/900/ unknown https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/4/900/pdf https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/4/900/ article ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:30:34Z Discarding is a common practice in fisheries. Total discards are estimated to be about 30 million tons, representing around 23% of worldwide catches. Discarding is an undesirable practice, not only because of the waste of resources, but also because of its contribution to the overexploitation of fish stocks. Several countries have already established discard bans, to different extents (e.g., Norway, Iceland, Chile, New Zealand). The EU’s landing obligation (discard ban) is a major measure of the latest reform of the Common Fisheries Policy for EU fisheries. It aims to reduce unwanted catches in EU fisheries, by incentivizing improved selectivity and restoring fish stocks to levels that can sustain the maximum production over time without harming the biodiversity and the capacity of future generations to obtain fish. However, banning discards will inevitably induce diverse short- and long-term ecological, economic, and social impacts, which may determine whether the landing obligation’s objectives will be achieved. landing obligation; discards; discard ban; survival rate; MSY; undersized fish; minimum landing size; minimum conservation reference size; Common Fisheries Policy Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) New Zealand Norway The Landing ENVELOPE(-45.689,-45.689,-60.733,-60.733) |
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Discarding is a common practice in fisheries. Total discards are estimated to be about 30 million tons, representing around 23% of worldwide catches. Discarding is an undesirable practice, not only because of the waste of resources, but also because of its contribution to the overexploitation of fish stocks. Several countries have already established discard bans, to different extents (e.g., Norway, Iceland, Chile, New Zealand). The EU’s landing obligation (discard ban) is a major measure of the latest reform of the Common Fisheries Policy for EU fisheries. It aims to reduce unwanted catches in EU fisheries, by incentivizing improved selectivity and restoring fish stocks to levels that can sustain the maximum production over time without harming the biodiversity and the capacity of future generations to obtain fish. However, banning discards will inevitably induce diverse short- and long-term ecological, economic, and social impacts, which may determine whether the landing obligation’s objectives will be achieved. landing obligation; discards; discard ban; survival rate; MSY; undersized fish; minimum landing size; minimum conservation reference size; Common Fisheries Policy |
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Jordi Guillen Steven J. Holmes Natacha Carvalho John Casey Hendrik Dörner Maurizio Gibin Alessandro Mannini Paraskevas Vasilakopoulos Antonella Zanzi A Review of the European Union Landing Obligation Focusing on Its Implications for Fisheries and the Environment |
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A Review of the European Union Landing Obligation Focusing on Its Implications for Fisheries and the Environment |
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A Review of the European Union Landing Obligation Focusing on Its Implications for Fisheries and the Environment |
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A Review of the European Union Landing Obligation Focusing on Its Implications for Fisheries and the Environment |
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