Committee on Fisheries of the European Parliament Brussels, 11th October 2011

1. Socio-economic viability and solutions for small-scale and coastal fisheries in the EU in the context of CFP reformDr. Miquel Ortega Cerdà Committee on Fisheries of the European Parliament Brussels, 11th October 2011

2. Index Introduction Why SSF are important in “good fisheries economics”? Proposals Conclusions

3. Introduction Why SSF are important in “good fisheries economics”? Proposals Conclusions

4. Introduction SEMI- INDUSTRIAL SMALL-SCALE ARTISANAL ACTIVITIES Resources Markets Public finance Regulation INDUSTRIAL COHERENCE

5. Introduction Minimum environmental impact Efficient distribution of welfare Culture

6. Introduction Why SSF are important in “good fisheries economics”? Proposals Conclusions

7. Why SSF are important in “good fisheries economics”? “GOOD FISHERIES ECONOMICS” = TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FISHING EXTERNALITIES

8. Why SSF are important in “good fisheries economics”? Socio-economic examples Territorial equilibrium The impact of fisheries in the social and economic structures of costal communities Environmental examples Discards and unwanted captures Climate change Impacts in the sea bottom

9. Why SSF are important in “good fisheries economics”? Externalities are important because: Limit the use of market mechanisms:The market by itself does not lead us to the most “efficient use of resources”. Delinks the connection between individual and public efficiency. Alternative fishing methods and practices do have different types of externalities. Sustainable SSFs are very good dealing with externalities!

10. Why SSF are important in “good fisheries economics”? Taking specific measures to support SSF is a way to establish a level field with the fleet segments with poorer externalities records CFP should try to decrease bad externalities and potentiate good ones in all the fleet and all the cases

11. Introduction Why SSF are important in “good fisheries economics”? Proposals Conclusions

12. 1. Introduce environmental and social criteria in the access to resources management Low environmental impact Low levels of discards Low CO2 emissions High level of good quality of employments Compliance with legislation

13. 1. Introduce environmental and social criteria in the access to resources management Continuous and adaptative mechanism to decrease externalities and foster innovation It is useful for all kind of fleets (inter and intra-fleet) and it will benefit specially SSF It introduces coherence between “use of natural resources” and “financial” mechanisms

14. 1. Introduce environmental and social criteria in the access to resources management Introduce them in the basic regulation as a general rule for multiannual plans Introduce them in the fishing opportunities allocation criteria. Increase 5% reserve progressively + distribute access considering criteria Link financial instruments to those criteria

15. 2. Ensure well designed and stronger multiannual plans Fix an implementation timetable Define interim procedures Introduce of co-management committees Link objectives and finance

16. 3. There are SSF far from the EU, so… Include precautionary principle and ecosystem approach in SFAs Ensure that cost of access to the fisheries resources SFAs are covered by the industry Ensure exclusivity clause Promote participation of SSF in the negotiation process

17. Introduction Why SSF are important in “good fisheries economics”? Proposals Conclusions

18. Conclusions Introduce environmental and social criteria in the resource allocation Ensure well designed and stronger multiannual plans Remember SSF in the external dimension of CFP

19. Thanks for your atention Miquel Ortega Cerdà mortega@ent.cat