The great growth of the Spanish swordfish fleet at the beginning of the 1990s has consolidated its position as the main northern stock swordfish producer, followed far behind by the USA, Canada and other EU countries. The aim of this paper is to analyse the determining institutional and economic...

The Prestige oil spill may be considered as one of the worst in last years, because of the amount spilled (59,000 tons at the moment) and the wide zone affected: almost all the coastline in Galicia (Spanish region with a very important coastal fishing activity) and some points in the North Spain...

A widespread belief exists as to the low financial profitability of fishing companies, but fishermen continue to invest and provoke problems of over-capitalisation. The aim of this study is to provide information on the financial profitability of the European fleet, to analyse the differences...

Given the low biomass level of the anchovy, the European Commission agreed to establish a moratorium on this species in the Bay of Biscay in 2005. Although the effects of managing the fishing activity with TACs, fees, taxes and ITQs on the stocks and future net profits are well documented in the...

RESUMEN: En este trabajo se analizan las estrategias relativas al proceso de internacionalización de la propiedad dentro del sector pesquero comunitario (en particular la conocida como "quota hopping", aplicada sobre todo por el sector pesquero español). En el desarrollo del proceso ha surgido...

The management by means of taxes of a fishery in which the fishing technology of the fleets has different effects on resource is analysed in this paper. This effect can be included in the natural growth of the marine resource function itself. The results show that the tax equilibrium level...

La regulación de pesquerías ha evolucionado a escala mundial de forma significativa, en paralelo con las aportaciones teóricas y las experiencias reales. En el presente trabajo se trata de marcar adecuadamente la discusión teórica sobre regulación de pesquerías, perfilando y matizando...