cover photo: Thailand: early morning unloading of
fishing boats
FAO photo by R. Faidutti
by Steve Cunningham
Institut du développement durable et des ressources
aquatiques (IDDRA)
Montpellier, France
and
Dominique Gréboval
FAO Fisheries Department
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PART 1: MANAGEMENT OF FISHING CAPACITY: A SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
1. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
2. ASSESSMENT OF FISHING CAPACITY
3. POLICY FRAMEWORK
4. MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
5. MONITORING AND RESEARCH
6. SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES
7. INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION
PART 2: REVIEW OF POLICY AND TECHNICAL ISSUES
1. INTRODUCTION
2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE CCRF
3. OVERVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION
4. DEFINITION AND ASSESSMENT OF FISHING CAPACITY6. MAJOR CONSEQUENCES OF OVERCAPACITY
6.1 Output limits
6.2 Rent dissipation
6.3 Need for fisheries management7. THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF FISHING CAPACITY
8. MEASURES TO MANAGE FISHING CAPACITY8.1 Effects of perverse economic incentives
8.2 Systems which provide incentives to industry-based adjustment in capacity8.2.1 Individual quota systems
8.2.2 Exclusive zones
8.2.3 Licenses under co-operative behaviour
8.2.4 Co-management and community-based management
8.2.5 Taxes and resource rental charges8.3 Systems which attempt to regulate input use
8.3.1 Licenses and limited entry
8.3.2 Reducing capacity within a licensing programme8.4 The impact of other fishery management measures on capacity
8.5 Displacing fishing vessels outside of one's EEZ9. ADMINISTRATIVE AND RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS
10. HIGH SEAS ISSUES
11. SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES
12. INDUSTRY ROLE
13. CONCLUSION