The discard ban policy,economic trends and opportunities for the Portuguese fisheries sector |
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| Institution: | 1. CCMAR – Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Portugal;2. University of Algarve, Portugal;3. ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH, Flörsheim, Germany;4. University of A Coruña, Science Fac., Laboratory of Animal Biology, Plant Biology, and Ecology, Spain;5. CIMA - Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Algarve, Portugal;1. National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, United States;2. Ocean Associates, Inc. 4007 N. Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA 22207, United States;1. IMARES, Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies, P.O. Box 68, 1970 AB IJmuiden, The Netherlands;2. Aquaculture and Fisheries Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands;3. Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), PO Box 29703, 2502 LS Den Haag, The Netherlands;1. Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Columbus Center, 701 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA;2. College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China |
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| Abstract: | In this paper the discard ban policy within the Portuguese fisheries sector is discussed and the opportunities and impact in the fisheries economy that arise from sales of unwanted fish under the new landing obligation are evaluated. The decadal mean price of fish (€/kg, adjusted for inflation) rose from the 1940s until the 1970s, dropping thereafter. The yearly averaged economic income estimated for discards sales between 1969 and 2009 ranged from 419345€ to 2164379€. Discard ban sales could contribute from 10% to 53% of the total landed value and 9–34% of the total catches (landings + discards). Under a discard ban policy, the fishing sector with the largest economic contribution for total discards sales would be multispecies (54%), followed by trawl (26%) and seine (20%). On average, fishing sales contributed with 0.63% to gross domestic production (GDP) between 1938 and 2009. Discard sales can increase 1.07–1.46 times more than the fish landing contribution to GDP. After 1983 the average landings/imports economic ratio was 0.28:1, which means that fish imports surpassed landings economic value 3.57 fold. The discard ban policy can create economic opportunities in the national context thus helping to revitalize some specific fisheries sectors. |
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| Keywords: | Fisheries economic trends Discard ban Economic scenarios Income from discards Discards economic value |
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