Costs of Management in Selected Fisheries

Abstract

The research was carried out to investigate the management costs of selected European fisheries. First, the literature was reviewed for existing information, second, interviews were performed of experts from the countries of the case studies. The collected information from the case studies was used to assess the management regime innovations and changes in management costs after the new regimes had been introduced.

Findings show that data availability is the big issue in solving the question of how much fisheries management cost in the selected European cases. On the other hand, from the data acquired it became clear that the government spending on fisheries management usually does not depend on the change in fisheries management regime. This was observed in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Spain. Only the Polish case showed that a higher number of technical regulations applied to fisheries led to higher administration and enforcement costs and consequently research costs. This was observed when Poland joined the EU and had to adhere to CFP regulations. It is expected though that enforcement and research costs will decrease in the long run once the innovative regimes, for example participatory governance, are introduced.