In the last two decades there has been a broad literature within the field of fisheries economics and other social sciences about the usefulness of delegating management responsibilities to resource users (co-management). The line of argument of these proposals is that a greater user involvement...

This paper presents an analysis of the effectiveness of the community structural policy in the fisheries sector by comparing the relative level of compliance with objectives (reduction of fleets and economic viability) with the mechanisms that have been implemented (structural funds and...