ISSN 0429-9345FAO
FISHERIES
TECHNICAL
PAPER
437
ISSN 0429-9345
FAO
FISHERIES
TECHNICAL
PAPER
437
by
William E. Schrank
Professor
Department of Economics
Memorial University, St. John's
Newfoundland, Canada
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2003
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1.1 Issues
1.2 Economic justification of subsidies and the difficulties created by the existence of subsidies
2.1 Types of fishery subsidies and why they are introduced
2.2 A selective history of fishery subsidies
2.3 Fisheries management and overfishing
2.4 A global crisis recognized
2.5 The focus on fishery subsidies
2.6 The measurement of fishery subsidies
2.7 The effect of subsidies on sustainability
2.8 International conferences
3. SUBSIDIES AND FISHERIES AT THE END OF 2002: THE POLITICAL DEBATE