FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Public-aided crises in the French fishing sector
BT 
AF MESNIL, Benoit
AS 1:;
FF 1:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;
C1 IFREMER, Dept EMH, F-44311 Nantes, France.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
SI NANTES
SE PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
IF 1.036
TC 30
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4538.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;France;subsidies;fisheries policies
AB According to the media the French fishing industry has been in permanent state of crisis for the last 40 years. This paper recounts the events surrounding three major episodes of crises (late 1970s, mid-1990s, and early 2000s), and the measures taken by governments to resolve them. Invariably, these involved the distribution of sizeable amounts of public aids, in different forms, to the fishing sector. The efficacy of the subsidy programmes is discussed with reference to the goals stated by their proponents, regarding trade balance, competitiveness, profitability, employment and safety. Overall, the massive aids granted to the sector (comparable with the gross value of landings, annually) have not achieved the stated objectives and, paradoxically, have been a key factor in the eruption of subsequent crises, notably because they were granted without conditions of genuine changes in the industry's practices. The supreme paradox is that the succession of turbulent demonstrations over the years was the result of aid programmes devised with the overriding objective of preserving social peace.
PY 2008
PD SEP
SO Ocean & Coastal Management
SN 0964-5691
PU Elsevier
VL 51
IS 10
UT 000260720000003
BP 689
EP 700
DI 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2008.07.009
ID 4538
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