Update of "Delineating catch quotas for Dutch demersal fisheries: a theoretical pilot study"

A reduction of unwanted catches is a key element of the Common Fisheries Policy reform proposal (EC, 2010). To achieve this, a landing obligation (or discard ban) will be introduced, prohibiting the at-sea disposal of quota-regulated species. Instead these catches shall be brought back to shore and counted against a quota, where applicable. In 2014, upon request by the ministry, more clarity was sought on how catch quotas could be calculated and what they would look like for the most relevant fish species of the Dutch demersal fishery . The report of that study (Miller et al. 2014) provided an... Mehr ...