PhD proposal IFREMER
PhD proposal at Ifremer: Small scale coastal fishing activities and rights based fishing
for more details: http://www.ifremer.fr/ds/animation_scientifique/bourses/doctorales/appel/index.html
Abstract : The small scale fishing (SSF) activities because of their heterogeneity are often not considered in the fisheries governance systems at international or national levels and thus despite their crucial importance in term of fishing resources valorization especially in coastal areas. In a context of overcapacity of the fleets and overexploitation of certain stocks, the allowance of fishing rights tends to spread on a European scale without conditions for application to SSF (around 80% of vessels) and the implications in terms of fisheries dynamics be taken into account. In France, the evolution of the regulatory context and allowance of the rights raises the question of the choices in terms of rights supports (quotas, licences) and institutional organization for their allowance. The economic valuation of the consequences of the implementation of these various regulatory options is then asked. The thesis will have to answer the following questions:
Does there exist a model of management of the fishing rights in France and which lessons to draw from the international experiments from SSF regulation? What were the impacts on selected SSF compared to large scale fleets of the various regulatory systems? How to evaluate the economic impacts of various scenarios (example: transferability vs non-transferability, allowance on a grandfathering basis vs another criterion)?
Natural resource economist with strong skills in institutional and quantitative economics
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