Decommissioning of the Dutch cutter sector : Impact analysis of management measures on the fishery

This study is part of an overarching socio-economic impact analysis of policy decisions on and developments in fisheries. The central research question for this study is: What are the socio-economic effects of the decommissioning scheme on the fisheries sector, the fish chain and fishing regions? Looking at the historical (2018-2021) activity of the vessels that were registered for scrapping, the expected effects of the removal of those vessels will mainly be felt in the beam trawl flatfish fishery. The relative changes in landings of sole and plaice are expected to exceed the change in quota... Mehr ...