Socio-economic quantification of fishing in a European urban area: The case of Vigo |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Santiago de Compostela, Av. Burgo das Nacións s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain;2. GAME-IDEGA and Department of Economics, University of Santiago de Compostela, Av. Burgo das Nacións s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain;1. Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia, C/ Varadero 1, San Pedro del Pinatar, 30740 Murcia, Spain;2. Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Subida a Radio Faro, 50-52, Vigo, 36390 Vigo, Spain;1. Dep. Social Anthropology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Building B-Campus UAB, 08193-Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain;2. Oceans and Human Health Chair, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, C/ Maria Aurèlia Capmany 69, 17003 Girona, Spain;1. Department of Marine Renewable Resources, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain;2. Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Burlington, ON L7S 1A1, Canada;3. Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada;4. Department of Freshwater Ecology and Water Quality, Deltares, 2629 HV Delft, the Netherlands;5. Aquaculture and Fisheries Group, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 WD Wageningen, the Netherlands;6. Leibniz Institute of FreshwaterEcology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany;7. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Life Sciences, Phillipstrasse 13, Haus 7, 10115 Berlin, Germany;8. Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, P.O.Box 94, Makhanda, South Africa;9. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Somerset Street, Makhanda, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | General data would seem to indicate that aquaculture and extractive fishing are primary activities with a greater presence in developing and less industrial economies. Despite the scant importance of fishing in the EU (in terms of GDP and employment), it remains a focal point of EU activity by means of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The CFP establishes measures aimed at supporting fishing, often assuming that it is localized activity in rural, less developed regions. This study looks to quantify the importance and economic and social impact of primary fisheries and aquaculture activities in a European urban region (the area of the Ria of Vigo, in Galicia, Spain) through an exercise based on an input–output approach. The exercise carried out will provide results that imply a total impact that could reach around 7% of the study region's income and employment. From these results it can be concluded that fishing as a primary activity may also be relevant in EU urban areas; therefore, fishery management and support measures within the CFP should bear this differentiated reality in mind. |
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| Keywords: | Socio-economic impact Fisheries sector Vigo |
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