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Influence of trends in fishing power on bioeconomics in the North Sea flatfish fishery regulated by catches or by effort quotas
Ulrich, C.; Pascoe, S.; Sparre, P.J.; De Wilde, J.-W.; Marchal, P. (2002). Influence of trends in fishing power on bioeconomics in the North Sea flatfish fishery regulated by catches or by effort quotas. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 59(5): 829-843
In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences = Journal canadien des sciences halieutiques et aquatiques. National Research Council Canada: Ottawa. ISSN 0706-652X; e-ISSN 1205-7533, more
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Keywords
    Fishery sciences > Economics > Fishery economics
    Legislation > Fishery regulations > Quota regulations
    Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]; Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
    ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal
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  • Ulrich, C.
  • Pascoe, S.
  • Sparre, P.J.
  • De Wilde, J.-W.
  • Marchal, P.
Abstract
    Total allowable effort quotas (TAEs) are often considered as promising alternatives to single-species total allowable catch quotas (TACs) in fisheries management. However, implementing TAEs would primarily require converting nominal effort into fishing mortality rate, i.e., developing a relevant model of the dynamics of catchability. Assuming that trends in the catchability may occur through fishing-power creeping linked to increased capital invested and technology, we compare, by stochastic and dynamic simulation modelling, the relative biological and economic benefits and drawbacks of TAEs and TACs in the North Sea sole (Solea solea L.) and plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) fishery. Management targets are based on the Precautionary Approach and Harvest Control Rules developed by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). Fishermen are assumed to set their effort at the most (TAE) or least (TAC) conservative level. Overall, the outcomes are more sensitive to the catchability model when implementing TAEs, especially in the medium and long term, but the variability in catchability has a much greater impact on stock levels than on the fisheries profit.
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