Small-scale fishery in the Balearic Islands (W Mediterranean): A socio-economic approach

Spatial Management of Fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea

“…A similar contradictory attitude towards MPAs was recorded among Balearic artisanal fishermen who, while recognising the benefits to biodiversity conservation and fisheries, did not consider protected areas as a good mean to minimise user conflicts (Maynou et al, 2013).…”

“…The effects appear to be dependent on either the local context or the focus of the study: while Whitmarsh et al (2002Whitmarsh et al ( , 2003, Leleu et al (2012) and Maynou et al (2013) found a positive perception of the effects of protection among the artisanal fishermen of the Gulf of Castellammare, the Côte Bleue marine park and the Baleares Islands respectively, Gómez et al (2006) found the effects of the Cap de Creus MPA to be detrimental for artisanal fisheries, due among other reasons to the excessive development of tourism . The effects appear to be dependent on either the local context or the focus of the study: while Whitmarsh et al (2002Whitmarsh et al ( , 2003, Leleu et al (2012) and Maynou et al (2013) found a positive perception of the effects of protection among the artisanal fishermen of the Gulf of Castellammare, the Côte Bleue marine park and the Baleares Islands respectively, Gómez et al (2006) found the effects of the Cap de Creus MPA to be detrimental for artisanal fisheries, due among other reasons to the excessive development of tourism .…”

Bio-economic analysis of the Mar Menor (Murcia, SE Spain) small-scale lagoon fishery

“…Income for the owner‐operator (30 111 € in 2011) was within in the range of average salaries (before taxes) in the Murcia Region in 2011, which suggests that this activity is economically sustainable, but would not attract new entrants or new investments, as observed in other small‐scale fisheries in Spain (Maynou et al., , ). However, the results of our bio‐economic simulation model show that the situation could be improved by reducing the paranzas activity, being the main fishing gear.…”

“…In the Spanish Mediterranean in particular, fish prices have stagnated over the past decades, while production costs have increased (Maynou et al., ). However, integrated studies that consider the technical and economic aspects of small‐scale fisheries are scarce (Colloca et al., ; Griffiths et al., ; Guyader, ; Maynou et al., , ), while at the same time they are necessary for the application of an ecosystem approach to the fisheries (Cardinale et al., ) that is an integral part of EU Common Fisheries Policy reform.…”

Restoring the ecosystem creates wealth. The case of the Northern coast of Tunisia’s deep-water rose shrimp trawl fishery

“…Bioeconomic models were used from an early stage in shrimp fisheries such as those in the Gulf of Mexico (Grant and Griffin, 1979;Grant et al, 1981;Blomo et al, 1982), in Northern Australia (Ye et al, 2005;Clark and Kirkwood, 1979;Kirkwood, 1984), in French Guiana (Gilly and Cochet, 1987;Dintheer et al, 1991;Béné, 1997;Chaboud et al, 2008;Chaboud and Thébaud, 2009;Chaboud and Vendeville, 2011) and in Madagascar (Chaboud, 2000;Chaboud et al 2008). The bioeconomic approach was also applied in artisanal and multi specific trawl fisheries in the Mediterranean (Lleonart et al, 2003;Merino et al, 2007aMerino et al, ,b, 2015Maynou et al, 2013;Russo et al, 2014). The bioeconomic modeling is developing, however it is not yet truly integrated into the process of drawing up recommendations to fisheries.…”