The regional management of fisheries in European Western Waters

Pascal Le Floc'H (1) , Arantza Murillas , Martin Aranda (2) , Fabienne Daures (1) , Mike Fitzpatrick (3) , Olivier Guyader (1) , Aaron Hatcher (4) , Claire Macher (1) , Paul Marchal (5)

1 AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer
2 AZTI - Tecnalia
3 NUI Galway - National University of Ireland [Galway]
4 University of Portsmouth
5 LRHBL - Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques de Boulogne

A survey of past and existing management measures applied to different fisheries in European Western Waters is analyzed as a typology of co-management between governments and stakeholders. Faced with increasing constraints on accessing fish stocks, management measures have evolved toward fishing rights individualization, limited access and various other specific measures. Restrictions on access have changed fishermen's behaviour in several significant ways. A comparative analysis, based on qualitative data collected through interviews and focus groups, is developed for fisheries from the following European countries France, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom. Past and existing individual harvesting rights in the four countries are reviewed and compared. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Mots clés: Management; Fishery governance; Common Fishery Policy (CFP)

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement; Environnement et Société

Pascal Le Floc'H, Arantza Murillas, Martin Aranda, Fabienne Daures, Mike Fitzpatrick, et al.. The regional management of fisheries in European Western Waters. Marine Policy, 2015, 51, pp.375-384. ⟨10.1016/j.marpol.2014.09.022⟩. ⟨hal-02152648⟩