Financial Support to Fisheries [electronic resource]: Implications for Sustainable Development /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.Committee for Fisheries.
Cox, Anthony.
Schmidt, Carl-Christian(Carl-Christian Michael Roedsted),1954-
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2006.
OECD governments pay out around USD 6 billion a year to support the fisheries sector. Some of this expenditure is provided to help ensure the effective management of fisheries through the provision of research, administrative and enforcement services. However, its effects on economic profitability and resource sustainability are open to debate. Such support has often been linked to over-fishing and over-capitalisation, and its reform may lead to improved economic, environmental and social outcomes. This report analyses the impacts of such transfers from a sustainable development perspective by addressing the economic, environmental and social dimensions of financial transfers. Through this innovative focus, this study will deepen policy makers' understanding of the complex issues at play in the fisheries sector - a sector that is characterised by ongoing concerns regarding economic profitability, community resilience, and resource sustainability.
"This report builds on a stream of work that has been undertaken by the OECD Committee for Fisheries"--Foreword.
"Anthony Cox of the OECD Fisheries Division was the primary author of the report, assisted by Carl-Christian Schmidt"--Acknowledgements.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 374-377).
Social Capital and Fisheries Subsidy Reform -- Analysis of the Fishery Agreement between the Seychelles and the European Union -- Canada's Response to the 2003 Cod Fishery Closure -- Historical Data 1996 - 2003 -- The Economic Effects of Transfers to the Fisheries Sector -- Social Impacts of Government Financial Support of Fisheries -- The Environmental Effects of Transfers to the Fisheries Sector -- A Sustainable Development Framework for Assessing the Effects of Government Financial Transfers -- Analysis of Specific Government Financial Transfer Categories -- Key Policy Insights -- Fisheries Subsidies in Norway -- Executive Summary -- Government Financial Transfers to Fisheries in OECD Countries -- Analysis of Subsidies to Decommissioning Vessels and License Retirement in Australia.
OECD governments pay out around USD 6 billion a year to support the fisheries sector. Some of this expenditure is provided to help ensure the effective management of fisheries through the provision of research, administrative and enforcement services. However, its effects on economic profitability and resource sustainability are open to debate. Such support has often been linked to over-fishing and over-capitalisation, and its reform may lead to improved economic, environmental and social outcomes. This report analyses the impacts of such transfers from a sustainable development perspective by addressing the economic, environmental and social dimensions of financial transfers. Through this innovative focus, this study will deepen policy makers' understanding of the complex issues at play in the fisheries sector - a sector that is characterised by ongoing concerns regarding economic profitability, community resilience, and resource sustainability.
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