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Global Governance of the Oceans

Sustainable management: quotas, no-catch zones and conservation zones

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Overview

Maximum sustainable yield, landing obligation and no-take zone.

What you need to know

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Key term

What is maximum sustainable yield?

Process

How does the Common Fisheries Policy work?

Numbers

What is the landing obligation?

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  1. 1

    What is maximum sustainable yield?

    Model answer

    Maximum sustainable yield is the largest catch that can be taken year after year without reducing the stock. Managers set quotas to keep fishing at or below that level.

  2. 2

    How does the Common Fisheries Policy work?

    Model answer

    The European Union sets a total allowable catch for each stock each year. National quotas then divide that total between member states.

  3. 3

    What is the landing obligation?

    Model answer

    The landing obligation requires vessels to bring ashore all regulated catch rather than discard it. The rule was phased in between 2015 and 2019.

  4. 4

    Why were discards a problem?

    Model answer

    Fish thrown back to stay within quota are usually already dead. The practice wasted the catch and hid the true level of fishing mortality.

  5. 5

    What is a no-take zone?

    Model answer

    A no-take zone bans all fishing within a defined area. Stocks inside can rebuild, and larger fish spill over into surrounding waters.

  6. 6

    Give an example of a no-take zone in the United Kingdom.

    Model answer

    Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel became England's first no-take zone in 2003. Lobster numbers inside the zone rose several times over within a few years.

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