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SHARING THE FISH Conference 06

SHARING THE BALTIC SALMON Kulmala Soile , Lindroos Marko Dep. of Economics and Management, University of Helsinki, Finland. SHARING THE FISH Conference 06. Structure of the talk. Background Baltic Salmon Finnish national regulations EU’s Common Fisheries Policy Conclusions Future work.

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SHARING THE FISH Conference 06

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  1. SHARING THE BALTIC SALMONKulmala Soile, Lindroos MarkoDep. of Economics and Management, University of Helsinki, Finland SHARING THE FISH Conference 06

  2. Structure of the talk • Background • Baltic Salmon • Finnish national regulations • EU’s Common Fisheries Policy • Conclusions • Future work

  3. Background • How to increase the impact of economic advice on fisheries management? • How to solve the dispute related to sharing issues of Baltic salmon in Finland?

  4. Bothnian Bay Gulf of Bothnia Bothnian Sea Gulf of Finland Baltic Proper Baltic salmon • 40 of 100 stocks remain • Present • Past • Migration routes • Feeding areas • Salmon Action Plan (SAP) • 1997-2010 • stockings • yield maximization • Wild and reared salmon

  5. 1. Offshore driftnet (ODN) 2.Offshore longline (OLL) 3.Coastal driftnet (CDN) 4.Coastal trapnet (CTN) 5.River (RI) Baltic salmon RI Different fisheries • Professional • Recreational • Subsistence fishing CTN CDN OLL ODN

  6. Finnish national regulations • Delayed opening of coastal fishery • wild salmon migrate earlier • ease up since 1998 • Gear restrictions • Selection • > 85 cm will be released • License for river fishing • day or period

  7. Finnish national regulations: Towards ITQs? • 1990´s • disquisition & research • business as usual continued • 2005, Salmon fund • response to advancement of coastal fishery • compensation for professional fishermen • ITQs more permanent solution?

  8. EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) • Objectives • Responsible and sustainable fisheries • Economically viable fishing industry • Fair standard of living • Annual TAC • Biological advice dominates • In general, CFP has failed • decreasing number of fish and employment

  9. Regional Advisory Council RAC ICES Advisory Committee on Fishery Management ACFM Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries STECF European Commission DG Fish Council of Fisheries Ministers ICES Stock Assessment Working Group TAC Bilateral negotiations with Russian Federation CFP decision process for TAC

  10. Baltic Sea Regional Advisory Council (BS RAC) • Will be established in 2006 • Fishing sector and other interests groups to which CFP affects • Short-term solution to increase the impact of economic advice? • Fishermen = Businessmen • NGOs = Conservationists

  11. Proposal for a reformed CFP decision processes • Bioeconomic stock assesment (BESA) • Combination of ICES and STECF • Output: biologically and economically sound TAC (BETAC) • EU-wide ITQ system based on BETAC? • Emission’s Trading Scheme exists

  12. Regional Advisory Council RAC European Commission DG Fish Council of Fisheries Ministers Bioeconomic Stock Assesment BESA BETAC ITQ Bilateral negotiations with Russian Federation Proposal for a reformed CFP decision processes

  13. Conclusion • Regional Advisory Councils: short term solution for increase the impact of economic advice • In order to achieve the CFP objects, the decision process of TAC has to be reformed • Salmon Fund may prepare the way for Finnish ITQ-system for Baltic salmon • Finnish system a basis for EU-wide ITQs?

  14. Future work • Proposition for ITQ-scheme for Baltic salmon in Finland • Popular presentation of the basic methods and results of fisheries economics • Proposition for a bioeconomic stock assessment model for Baltic salmon • Game theoretical analysis of the CFP decision process

  15. Thank you for your attention soile.kulmala@helsinki.fi

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