Potential Economic Consequences of the Landing Obligation
2019
To assess the likely economic outcomes to fishing fleets of the Landing Obligation (LO),
bioeconomicmodels covering seven European
fisheries, ranging from the North East Atlantic to the Mediterranean, have been applied to estimate the economic performance of fleets before and after implementing the LO. It is shown that for most of the analysed
fisheries, their economic outcome will be negatively affected in the long term by the LO, when compared to the expected outcome with no LO. Efficient mitigation strategies (exemptions, quota uplifts, improved selectivity, effort reallocation and others) may, for some of the analysed
fisheries, reduce the negative economic effect of the LO. Moreover, the possibility to trade quotas, both nationally and internationally, may also reduce the economic losses caused by the LO. However, even with mitigation strategies and/or quota trade in place, most of the analysed
fisheriesare worse off under the LO than what could be expected if the LO was not implemented.
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