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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2014

Can fisheries management be quantified?

Hentati Sundberg, Jonas; Hjelm, Joakim

Abstract

Policy efforts to reduce fisheries impact have often created micro-management. Detailed regulations are restricting the fishing industry, and are also acknowledged to limit the progress towards sustainable management. Industry representatives, political bodies and scientists have therefore argued for more simplicity and transparency. Here, fisheries management is quantified in terms of trends in regulations for different Swedish fisheries in the Baltic Sea during the period 1995-2009. The results suggest that many fisheries are suffering from increased micro-management, but interestingly some fisheries showing a different trend. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Common Fisheries Policy; Micro-management; Regulations; Baltic Sea; Fisheries

Published in

Marine Policy
2014, Volume: 48, pages: 18-20
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD

      Sustainable Development Goals

      SDG14 Life below water
      SDG12 Responsible consumption and production

      UKÄ Subject classification

      Ecology

      Publication identifier

      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.02.021

      Permanent link to this page (URI)

      https://res.slu.se/id/publ/66097