Incorporation of Fisheries Policy into Regional Blocs?—Lessons from the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy

Li, Shuo

doi:10.3390/fishes7030102

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“…RFMOs have contributed significantly to the protection and conservation of fishery resources in specific areas or special species (Table 1). However, the performance of RFABs and RFMOs is criticized for the problems of limited membership and noncompliance (Shuo, 2022). Therefore, the role of RFABs and RFMOs in managing fishery resources needs to be improved.…”

Section: Current Regulatory System For Iuu Fishing and Its Implicationsmentioning

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A new approach to combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing: analysis of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

Yu,

Liu

2024

Mar Dev

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Harmful subsidies awarded by states facilitate illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, which causes negative impacts on ocean ecosystems, seafood value chains, society, and global food security. The World Trade Organization Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, adopted on June 17, 2022, aims to improve global fishery governance through trade measures and is regarded as a major step toward the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The objective of this study is to offer a better insight into the interpretation and future implementation of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Based on the status quo of international and regional fishery governance legal systems and management regimes in the regulation of IUU fishing, this study reviews the legislative process of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, analyzes five main controversial issues, and explores the conflicts of interests of different countries during the discussion. In the future, states should promote the transformation of the fisheries sector by reducing harmful subsidies for IUU fishing and enhancing cooperation among coastal states, flag states, port states and relevant RFMOs.

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Section: Current Regulatory System For Iuu Fishing and Its Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A new approach to combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing: analysis of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

Yu,

Liu

2024

Mar Dev

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“…After the 2013 EU CFP reform, MSY was the primary management objective. In response to the focus on fish resource management, the reform shifted the objective from the minimum requirement of avoiding fish stock collapse to increasing long-term production [13]. To achieve the MSY, the EU CFP has established many regulatory tools in terms of allocating fishing opportunities.…”

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The North Sea and Svalbard Fisheries Management Regimes in the Context of Brexit: Divergence and Implications

Chen

Wang

2022

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The North Sea fishery has maintained sound and stable cooperative management over the past four decades. European Union (EU) countries exchange quotas with Norway for fish stocks in their respective fisheries jurisdictions within the framework of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (EU CFP) and the Agreement on Fisheries between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway. After beginning the Brexit process with a concomitant transitional arrangement, the United Kingdom remained in the EU CFP until the end of 2020. From 2021 onward, the United Kingdom became a completely independent coastal state outside the EU CFP framework. In this context, the long-standing and stable fisheries access and quota exchange system between Norway and the EU will face tensions. The differences among the United Kingdom, the EU and Norway in fisheries also involve quotas and access to the Svalbard Protection Zone. Norway even intends to expand the fisheries conflict to the Arctic Council. To prevent the adverse consequences of conflict spillover and to achieve sustainable development of fisheries and win–win cooperation in fisheries management, the United Kingdom, the EU and Norway launched a series of actions on fisheries issues. In tripartite negotiations, each party has its advantages. Ultimately, win–win cooperation in the fisheries game is the three parties’ expected outcome.

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“…Following this logic, grants to fisheries management (monitoring, enforcement, stock assessment, etc. ), fisheries research, and development are generally classified as good for resource sustainability [50]. However, the theory and available empirical studies are clear-subsidies that artificially increase profits by reducing fishing costs and increasing fishers' revenue result in overcapacity and overfishing [45,51].…”

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Drivers of Small-Scale Fishers’ Willingness to Adopt Property Rights Co-Management in the Lake Nokoué and Porto-Novo Lagoon Complex in Southeast Benin

Kpanou

Chogou²,

Hounnou³

et al. 2022

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The estuarian and lagoon areas of southeast Benin are atypical lake territories where private property rights are hereditary from endogenous legal tradition. People live in stilt dwellings and are exclusively dedicated to free-to-access fishing. Consequently, an increasing number of fishers with low respect for the State’s general rules for sustainable fishing contribute to legal pluralism and the tragedy of the commons. Co-management of small-scale fisheries has been advocated to offer various benefits, including improved socio-ecological integration, shared sustainable livelihoods, and adherence to biodiversity objectives. This study aims to assess the factors that influence the willingness of small-scale fishers to adopt property rights co-management options in southeast Benin. The data were collected using the discrete choice experiment method. The results show that 44% of fishers are willing to adopt property rights co-management options. This willingness is determined by their involvement in the co-management committee, access to a subsidy and livelihood diversification options. These fishers are the oldest in the sample and primarily owners of Acadja, a traditional fishing tool made of bush and tree branches planted in the lake. Institutional agreements for co-management establishment, such as subsidies to support small-scale fishers’ livelihood diversification and capacity-building, must be set up to achieve co-management goals.

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Incorporation of Fisheries Policy into Regional Blocs?—Lessons from the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy

Cited by 6 publications

References 60 publications

A new approach to combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing: analysis of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

A new approach to combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing: analysis of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies

The North Sea and Svalbard Fisheries Management Regimes in the Context of Brexit: Divergence and Implications

Drivers of Small-Scale Fishers’ Willingness to Adopt Property Rights Co-Management in the Lake Nokoué and Porto-Novo Lagoon Complex in Southeast Benin

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