Small-scale fishers’ perception of the implementation of the EU Landing Obligation regulation in the outermost region of the Azores

• Published in: Journal of Environmental Management
• Main Authors: Fauconnet, Laurence, Frangoudes, Katia, Morato, Telmo, Afonso, Pedro, Pita, Cristina
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV
• Subjects: scipo; hist; The Landing; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109335; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00509/62104/67586.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00509/62104/

The archipelago of the Azores (mid-north Atlantic Ocean) is an outermost region of the European Union (EU) in which small-scale fisheries are a strong component of the local economy. Bottom longlining and handlining are the most important Azorean fisheries in landing values, fishing vessels and fish...