Subsidiariedad en el sector pesquero español: Impacto y efectividad de la política comunitaria de pesca

Abstract

<jats:p>Policies based on grants to specific economic sectors such as fishery have become widespread in the last fifty years. Despite their long history, there’s not a consensus on their scope and effects.The main objective of this paper is to carry out an analysis of the impact and effectiveness of the EU policies on fisheries subsidies in Spain. To accomplish this task, an analysis of the evolution of these subsidies in the period 1994-2012, was done. The paper highlights the aid for modernization of fishing vessels and reduction in fishing effort by scrapping.</jats:p>