The Common Fisheries Policy: An enforcement problem

Rocha, José María Da; Cerviño, Santiago; Villasante, Sebastián

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2012.02.025

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“…Da Rocha et al (2012a) showed that there is a clear pattern between the approved TACs and the reported landings. There is a regular lack of enforcement at national fisheries authority level which affects most of the stocks analyzed.…”

Section: The Potential Use Of Itqs In Fisheries Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Overfishing is stems primarily from the overcapacity of the European fishing fleet (Villasante 2010;Villasante and Sumaila 2010;European Commission 2011), which generates a massive overuse of natural resources that would generate higher economic benefits for the society (Antelo et al 2012;Da Rocha et al 2012a). In fact, the excess of fishing effort may cost the world in net economic losses, contributing to the decline of fish stocks.…”

Section: The Potential Use Of Itqs In Fisheries Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a result, the European fisheries need a substantial reform due to the unsuccessful outcomes of the common fisheries policy (CFP) in the ecological, economic, and social dimensions (Froese and Proelss 2011;Da Rocha et al 2012a). Collusion between national fisheries advisers and industry has been suggested as one of the determinants of CFP failure (Froese and Proelss 2011;Da Rocha et al 2012a).…”

Section: The Potential Use Of Itqs In Fisheries Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Collusion between national fisheries advisers and industry has been suggested as one of the determinants of CFP failure (Froese and Proelss 2011;Da Rocha et al 2012a). Enforcement-known as adherence to rules and agreements and punishing infractions when they are detected-is an essential component of a successful fisheries management policy (Ostrom 2000;Arnason 2006;Nøstbaken 2008).…”

Section: The Potential Use Of Itqs In Fisheries Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Credible Enforcement Policies Under Illegal Fishing: Does Individual Transferable Quotas Induce to Reduce the Gap Between Approved and Proposed Allowable Catches?

Rocha

Villasante

González³

2013

AMBIO

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In general, approved Total Allowable Catches (TACs) are higher than proposed TACs by the scientific assessment and reported landings approved are higher than approved TAC. We build a simple enforcement agency's behavior model that generates-as a rational behaviorthose two facts. The model has two ingredients. First, there exists illegal fishing generated by an imperfect enforcement technology; second, the enforcement agency cannot commit on announced penalties. We show that lack of commitment increases the potential benefits for national enforcement agency of deviating from proposal (scientific optimal) quotas. Although the enforcement agency wants to announce a low quota target to induce a low level of illegal harvest, it will find optimal to revise the quota announced in order to reduce penalties and improve fishermen welfare. Therefore, agencies find it optimal to approve higher quotas than that proposed by the scientific advice. Our main result is to show that when full compliance is not possible, and national agencies cannot commit, the introduction of Individual Transferable Quotas increases the potential benefits for agencies of deviating from the optimal proposed TAC by the scientific advised.

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Section: The Potential Use Of Itqs In Fisheries Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: The Potential Use Of Itqs In Fisheries Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Potential Use Of Itqs In Fisheries Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Potential Use Of Itqs In Fisheries Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Credible Enforcement Policies Under Illegal Fishing: Does Individual Transferable Quotas Induce to Reduce the Gap Between Approved and Proposed Allowable Catches?

Rocha

Villasante

González³

2013

AMBIO

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“…According to Facts and Figures on the Common Fisheries Policy, only 11 fish stocks in the Atlantic shoreline and 21 fish stocks in the Mediterranean are fished at MSY (EU 2014). Most of the other fish stocks remain outside safe biological limits and are overfished (Daw and Gray 2005;Khalilian et al 2010;Da Rocha et al 2012;EU 2014). This implies that the provision of sustainable fish stock levels, which is one of the most important environmental objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), has not yet been achieved in European fisheries.…”

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confidence: 99%

Quota implementation of the maximum sustainable yield for age-structured fisheries

Kanik

Küçükşenel

2016

Mathematical Biosciences

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Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity across the Freshwater, Coastal and Marine Realms: Is the existing EU policy framework fit for purpose?

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While some progress has been made, Europe is far from achieving its policy objective of healthy aquatic ecosystems. This paper presents an integrated assessment of how EU policies influence aquatic biodiversity, in order to determine how EU policies and laws contribute to achieving and/or hindering EU and international biodiversity targets. The paper also discusses whether European policy has a synergistic or conflicting mix of instruments to address the main problems facing aquatic biodiversity, and whether gaps in the existing policy framework exist. The integrated policy review assessment presented in this paper is based on the application of the drivers-pressures-state-impact-responses (DPSIR) framework to six known pressures on aquatic biodiversity, selected to provide a representative range: nitrogen pollution, species extraction, invasive alien species, water abstraction, alterations to morphology, and plastic waste. The DPSIR framework is used to characterize these pressures and how they are influenced by underpinning socio-economic drivers and major European policies. The conclusions highlight that the policy framework is most developed when it comes to defining environmental targets and sets a number of instruments to reduce pressures by encouraging the adoption of more resourceefficient practices, but it becomes less specific when tackling sectors (drivers) and supporting more environmental sound economic development.

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The Common Fisheries Policy: An enforcement problem

Cited by 46 publications

References 25 publications

Credible Enforcement Policies Under Illegal Fishing: Does Individual Transferable Quotas Induce to Reduce the Gap Between Approved and Proposed Allowable Catches?

Credible Enforcement Policies Under Illegal Fishing: Does Individual Transferable Quotas Induce to Reduce the Gap Between Approved and Proposed Allowable Catches?

Quota implementation of the maximum sustainable yield for age-structured fisheries

Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity across the Freshwater, Coastal and Marine Realms: Is the existing EU policy framework fit for purpose?

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