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TI The landing obligation calls for a more flexible technical gear regulation in EU waters - Greater industry involvement could support development of gear modifications
BT 
AF ELIASEN, Soren Qvist
   FEEKINGS, Jordan
   KRAG, Ludvig
   VEIGA-MALTA, Tiago
   MORTENSEN, Lars O.
   ULRICH, Clara
AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:3;4:3;5:4;6:5;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;
C1 Aalborg Univ, IFM, A C Meyers Vaenge 15, DK-2450 Copenhagen SV, Denmark.
   NordRegio, Holmadmiralens Vag 10, Stockholm, Sweden.
   Tech Univ Denmark, Natl Inst Aquat Resources, Hirtshals, Denmark.
   DHI, Horsholm, Denmark.
   Tech Univ Denmark, Natl Inst Aquat Resources, Lyngby, Denmark.
C2 UNIV AALBORG, DENMARK
   NORDREGIO, SWEDEN
   UNIV TECH DENMARK (DTU AQUA), DENMARK
   DHI, DENMARK
   UNIV TECH DENMARK (DTU AQUA), DENMARK
IF 3.228
TC 9
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00589/70091/87018.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Landing obligation;Gear development;Fisher involvement and engagement;Technical measure regulation in EU;Regionalisation
AB Rigid fisheries management frameworks often leave fishers with limited possibilities and incentives to adjust the selectivity of their gears to the specific fishing conditions. Implementation of the landing obligation in European fisheries emphasizes fishers need to flexibility in which gear to use to be able to match the selectivity of the gear to the quota available. How fishers can play an important role in facilitating a more regionalised and flexible technical regulation by actively participating in the development of gears and contributing to the scientific documentation of their selectivity is discussed. Perspectives in the proposed technical regulation for EU fisheries and the regionalisation in the 2013 Common Fisheries Policy are discussed based on an analysis of the current EU technical regulation. Then is discussed a new pathway to address the problem, currently being trialled in Danish fisheries. Throughout the article, three themes are discussed: Identifying gear needs, development and testing of gear with fishers as central actors; how the selectivity of the gear should be documented; and opportunities for faster evaluation of new gear, following the regionalisation of the technical measure regulation. The paper concludes that a more flexible system of gear development and evaluation is possible by a) involvement of fishers in proposing gear adjustments, self-sampling and documenting results following scientific protocols and evaluation, testing a range of designs before scientific testing, and b) open for faster approval of gear use under a regionalised technical regulation regime with yearly adjustments of management plans containing the technical regulation. 
PY 2019
PD JAN
SO Marine Policy
SN 0308-597X
PU Elsevier Sci Ltd
VL 99
UT 000454467200022
BP 173
EP 180
DI 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.10.020
ID 70091
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