Strengthening European Union fisheries by removing harmful subsidies

• Published in: Marine Policy
• Main Authors: Villasante Larramendi, Carlos Sebastián, Sumaila, Rashid, Rocha, José María da, Carvalho, Natacha, Skerritt, Daniel, Schuhbauer, Anna, Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M., Bennett, Nathan, Hanich, Quentin, Prellezo, Raúl
• Other Authors: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Instituto Interdisciplinar de Tecnoloxías Ambientais (CRETUS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: World Trade Organization; Fisheries; Subsidies; Europe; Canada; Oceana; Pew; Referencia; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10347/27905; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104884

Harmful fisheries subsidies have historically contributed to fleet overcapacity and continue to be allocated to the fishing industry to artificially maintain its profitability. However, in this contribution we show that removing harmful subsidies and reducing overfishing will help to recover the res...