title: European Union's public fishing access agreements in developing countries.
abstract: The imperative to increase seafood supply while dealing with its overfished local stocks has pushed the European Union (EU) and its Member States to fish in the Exclusive Economic Zones of other countries through various types of fishing agreements for decades. Although European public fishing agreements are commented on regularly and considered to be transparent, this is the first global and historical study on the fee regime that governs them. We find that the EU has subsidized these agreements at an average of 75% of their cost (financial contribution agreed upon in the agreements), while private European business interests paid the equivalent of 1.5% of the value of the fish that was eventually landed. This raises questions of fisheries benefit-sharing and resource-use equity that the EU has the potential to address during the nearly completed reform of its Common Fisheries Policy.
authors: Sea Around Us Project, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ; Unité Mixte de Recherche 212 Ecosystèmes Marins Exploités, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Sète, France.
authors: Frédéric
authors: F
authors: Le Manach
authors: Christian
authors: C
authors: Chaboud
authors: Duncan
authors: D
authors: Copeland
authors: Philippe
authors: P
authors: Cury
authors: Didier
authors: D
authors: Gascuel
authors: Kristin M
authors: KM
authors: Kleisner
authors: André
authors: A
authors: Standing
authors: U Rashid
authors: UR
authors: Sumaila
authors: Dirk
authors: D
authors: Zeller
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Pauly
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005062:European Union; D005398:Fisheries / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans