FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL PAPER 243 FIPP/FIRM/T243
Approaches to the regulation of fishing effort
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FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL PAPER 243 FIPP/FIRM/T243 Approaches to the regulation of fishing effort |
by
John R. Beddington
International Institute
for Environment and Development
London
R. Bruce Rettig
Department of Agricultural
and Resource Economics
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon
First printing, February 1984
Second printing, October 1984
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 1983
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This document has been prepared for the FAO World Conference on Fisheries Management and Development. Many thoughts contained herein were stimulated by the Expert Consultation on the Regulation of Fishing Effort (Fishing Mortality) held in Rome, Italy, 17–26 January 1983. Our thanks are due to all participants in that Consultation (and especially to J. Gulland and C. Newton) as well as individuals who wrote background papers for the Consultation, but were unable to attend.
| ABSTRACT |
| The problems of controlling fishing effort are reviewed. Any method should satisfy certain criteria - maintaining the productivity of the resource, economic performance and equity (or social needs). The methods of achieving these objectives are reviewed; they include the setting of catch limits, direct control of fleet capacity (e.g. restricting the number of fishing units), indirect measures (mesh size, closed areas), financial measures and the establishment of property rights to fishing areas or quantities of fish. The advantages and disadvantages of each approach are discussed in the light of the established criteria and appropriate techniques are given for six specific types of fisheries. |
| Distribution | For bibiliographic purposes this document should be cited as follows: |
| FAO Fisheries Department FAO Regional Fisheries Officers Directors of Fisheries Selector SM Fisheries Management Selector Authors | Beddington, J.R. and R.B. Rettig, Approaches to 1984 the regulation of fishing effort. FAO Fish.Tech.Pap., (243): 39 p. |
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