Understanding potential impacts of subsidies disciplines and small-scale fisheries
Sumaila, U.R. (2019). Understanding potential impacts of subsidies disciplines and small-scale fisheries, in: Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M. et al. Predicting future oceans: Sustainability of ocean and human systems amidst global environmental change. pp. 465-474. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-817945-1.00048-4 In: Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M.; Cheung, W.W.L.; Ota, Y. (Ed.) (2019). Predicting future oceans: Sustainability of ocean and human systems amidst global environmental change. Elsevier: Amsterdam. ISBN 978-0-12-817945-1. xxvii, 554 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/c2018-0-02416-0, more |
| Abstract | There is an ongoing international effort to curb harmful fisheries subsidies that lead to economic losses and worsen overexploitation. The objectives of this chapter are to (1) explain succinctly and in plain language how the distinction between small-scale (SSF) and large-scale fisheries has been drawn in the technical literature and international instruments and in particular in the author’s own recent work; (2) using the author’s own method of identifying small-scale fishing, explain the share of fisheries catch that is caught by SSF, the landed value of this catch, and what proportion of different kinds of subsidies are provided to these fisheries; and (3) discuss briefly what the implications could be of using either a common definition, or relying on national definitions, to define fisheries with greater subsidy flexibilities. |
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