The Implementation of the Landing Obligation in Small-Scale Fisheries of Southern European Union Countries

Type Book section
Date 2018
Language English
Author(s) Villasante Sebastian1, Antelo Manel2, Christou Maria3, 4, Fauconnet Laurence5, Frangoudes Katia6, Maynou Francesc7, Morato Telmo8, Pita Cristina9, Pita Pablo2, Stergiou Konstantinos3, 4, Teixeira Celia10, Tserpes George11, Vassilopoulou Vassiliki12
Affiliation(s) 1 : Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2 : Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
3 : Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavyssos, Greece
4 : Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
5 : Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas – Okeanos, Instituto do Mar (IMAR), Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal
6 : University of Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, UMR 6308, AMURE, IUEM, Plouzané, France
7 : Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
8 : Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Institute of Marine Research (IMAR) and OKEANOS Research Unit, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal
9 : Department of Environment and Planning & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
10 : MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
11 : Institute of Marine Biological Resources (IMBR), Hellenic Centre of Marine Research, Anavyssos, Greece
12 : Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavyssos, Greece
Book The European Landing Obligation, S. S. Uhlmann et al. (eds.), 2018. ISBN 978-3-030-03307-1 ISBN 978-3-030-03308-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03308-8.Chap.5, pp.89-108
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-03308-8_5
Keyword(s) Common Fisheries Policy, Discards, Impacts, Landing Obligation, Small-scale fisheries, Southern Europe
Abstract

In the European Union, discards represent a major source of undocumented mortality, contributing to the overfishing of European fish stocks. However, little attention has been given by the scientific community to discards in the European Union’s small-scale fisheries (SSF). This is mainly due to the fact that discards are mostly generated by industrial fisheries, while SSFs were generally thought to have lower discard rates than industrial fisheries. A Landing Obligation (LO) is being introduced in European waters with the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) (Article 15, EU regulation 1380/2013) to limit/reduce discarding. However, management recommendations are required to support its implementation. The reality and challenges to enforce the LO in SSF are analyzed in this chapter, gathering information from different small-scale fisheries and fishers from the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea who were asked about their perceptions toward the LO. The objectives of this chapter are to (a) identify the reasons for discarding and (b) investigate the multiple ecological, economic, social, and institutional drivers which act as a barrier toward the implementation of the LO in SSF. Given the high importance of SSF in the southern countries of Europe, different case studies of SSF from France, Greece, Portugal, and Spain coasts are used to illustrate the reasons for discarding, the impacts of the LO on SSF, and the barriers for its implementation.

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Villasante Sebastian, Antelo Manel, Christou Maria, Fauconnet Laurence, Frangoudes Katia, Maynou Francesc, Morato Telmo, Pita Cristina, Pita Pablo, Stergiou Konstantinos, Teixeira Celia, Tserpes George, Vassilopoulou Vassiliki (2018). The Implementation of the Landing Obligation in Small-Scale Fisheries of Southern European Union Countries. In The European Landing Obligation, S. S. Uhlmann et al. (eds.), 2018. ISBN 978-3-030-03307-1 ISBN 978-3-030-03308-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03308-8.Chap.5, pp.89-108 (Springer Nature). https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00473/58438/