Fishers' perceptions about the EU discards policy and its economic impact on small-scale fisheries in Galicia (North West Spain)

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Journal: Ecological Economics

Year: 2016

Volume: 130

Issue: C

Pages: 130-138

Authors (12)

Villasante, Sebastian (not in RePEc) Pierce, Graham J. (not in RePEc) Pita, Cristina (not in RePEc) Guimeráns, César Pazos (not in RePEc) Garcia Rodrigues, João (not in RePEc) Antelo, Manel (Universidade de Santiago de Co...) Da Rocha, José María (Universidade de Vigo) Cutrín, Javier García (not in RePEc) Hastie, Lee C. (not in RePEc) Veiga, Pedro (not in RePEc) Sumaila, U. Rashid (University of British Columbia) Coll, Marta (not in RePEc)

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Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of the European Union landing obligation in the Galician (North West of Spain) multispecies small-scale gillnet fishery. By combining results from semi-structured interviews with small-scale fishers and a bioeconomic model, we found that the percentage of discards for small-scale fisheries is usually low, which is consistent with general empirical observations globally but can be high when quotas are exhausted.

Fishers' perceptions about the EU discards policy and its economic impact on small-scale fisheries in Galicia (North West Spain)

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