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Relevant Material
The PEW Environment Group (2009). The Pew Environment Group‘s European Marine
Programme contribution to the consultation on the reform of the Common Fisheries
Policy, December 2009: Annex III Design Matters - Making Catch Shares Work , http://
catchsharepdf.pdf
Kerr, S., S. James, R. Newell. (2002). Fishing Quota Markets, Discussion Papers dp-02-
20, Resources For the Future,
Commission of the European Communities (2009). Green Paper – Reform of the
Common Fisheries Policy , COM(2009)163 final, Brussels,
LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2009:0163:FIN:EN:PDF.
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC),
FAO (2009). FAOAppendix 1: Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products
from Marine Capture Fisheries, Revision 1, Rome.
i1948e/i1948e08.pdf
FAO (2005b): Increasing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to poverty alleviation
and food security, technical guidelines for responsible fisheries,
docrep/fao/008/a0237e/a0237e00.pdf
OECD (2004). Fish Piracy: Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing .
OECD, OECD Publishing,
illegalunreportedandunregulatedfishing.htm
EFTEC (2008): Costs of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in EU Fisheries,
illegal-unreported-and-unregulated-iuu-fishing-in-eu-fisheries
EJF (2007). Pirate Fish on Your Plate – Tracking illegally-caught fish from West Africa
into the European market. Environmental Justice Foundation, London, UK. http://
EJF (2009). Lowering the Flag – Ending the use of Flags of Convenience by Pirate Fishing
Vessels. Environmental Justice Foundation, London, UK.
sites/default/files/public/Lowering%20the%20flag.pdf
EJF (2009). Dirty Fish – How EU Hygiene Standards facilitate illegal fishing in West
Africa. Environmental Justice Foundation, London, UK.
sites/default/files/public/report-dirty%20fish.pdf
Economic Instruments
Transferable Rights of Fishing Quotas
Similar to cap-and-trade, individual fishing
quotas are distributed to eligible fishermen
who are allocated a specific portion of the
total allowable catch. Interwies (2011), p. 60.
Elimination of Environmentally Harmful
Subsidies
Harmful subsidies include:
• Subsidies encouraging over-investment
in fishing capacity
• Buy-back programmes of older boats for
modernized boats with increased fishing
capacity
• Contradictory regulations allowing people
to ignore fishing laws
• Laws with unintended effects such as the
prohibition of selling by-catch leading to
increased discards
Interwies (2011), p. 60.
Eco-labelling
Encourages sustainable fishing practices
by allowing producers to differentiate their
products.
Interwies (2011), p. 61.
Increased Capacity for Small-scale Fisheries
Contributes to poverty alleviation and the
well-being of coastal communities.
Interwies (2011), p. 61.
Prevention of Illegal, Unregulated and
Unreported (IUU) Fisheries
Global and national instruments must
address IUU fisheries. The OECD definition
for IUU fishing is “fishing activities that are
inconsistent with or in contravention of the
management or conservation measures in
force for a particular fishery.” Interwies (2011),
p. 62 (citing OECD (2004)).
Appendix H
Economic Instruments for Sustainable Fisheries, Pollution Prevention and Control, and Financing
Biodiversity Conservation: Resources Cited in Interwies (2011).