RT Journal Article
T1 A 20-year retrospective on the provision of fisheries subsidies in the European Union
A1 Skerritt, Daniel J.
A1 Arthur, Robert
A1 Ebrahim, Naazia
A1 Le Brenne, Valérie
A1 Le Manach, Frédéric
A1 Schuhbauer, Anna
A1 Villasante Larramendi, Carlos Sebastián
A1 Sumaila, U. Rashid
K1 Harmful subsidies
K1 Overcapacity
K1 Overfishing
K1 Sustainable Development Goals
K1 World Trade Organization
AB The next few months will be crucial in determining whether the world’s major fishing nations will deliver on commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations to prohibit harmful fisheries subsidies. Timing is of heightened importance given that the EU—the second-largest subsidizer—is reforming its financial instrument for fisheries. This article therefore examines the last 20 years of subsidies provided to the fisheries sector by the EU and supports discussion of the potential future for EU fisheries subsidies and the chance of success for the SDGs. Significant changes have occurred to EU fisheries subsidies during this period. Partly these changes have occurred as a result of the removal of certain capacity-enhancing subsidies and partly due to additional funds being allocated to beneficial forms of public funding. However, progress is slow and a significant amount of capacity-enhancing subsidies remain. Furthermore, the true extent of any reduction in capacity-enhancing subsidies may be shrouded by the Pollyannaish classifications of subsidization, but most disconcerting are the recent positions adopted by both the European Parliament and Council of the EU, which aim to reintroduce some of the most harmful subsidies, thereby putting the progress needed to achieve sustainable fisheries at risk.
PB Oxford University Press
SN 1054-3139
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/43010
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/43010
LA eng
NO Daniel J Skerritt, Robert Arthur, Naazia Ebrahim, Valérie Le Brenne, Frédéric Le Manach, Anna Schuhbauer, Sebastián Villasante, U Rashid Sumaila, A 20-year retrospective on the provision of fisheries subsidies in the European Union, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Volume 77, Issue 7-8, December 2020, Pages 2741–2752, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa142
NO The authors would like to thank the Pew Charitable Trusts for financial support, which made this work possible. In addition, URS thanks the OceanCanada Partnership supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). SV acknowledges the financial support from Xunta de Galicia and ECOMAR Network (CYTED Program).
DS Minerva
RD 4 may 2026