Case study 1: The Gulf of Castellammare, Sicily, Italy. In: Pickering H. (ed.), The value of exclusion zones as a fisheries management tool: a strategic evaluation and the development of an analytical framework for Europe (VALFEZ)

The aims of this report are to consider the effects of this trawl ban on the stocks, the artisanal fleet using trammel nets and the now “outside” fleet of trawlers. Biological data from the trawl surveys, data obtained through interviews with fishers and results from cost and earnings surveys enable biological, bioeconomic and socio-economic analyses to be completed. The aim is to model the potential effects of future policy in the area of renewed trawling in the Gulf of Castellammare. Particularly, the consequences of lifting the trawl ban (partially and wholly) and evaluating how far this would jeopardise the sustainability of the artisanal fishery are explored via an analysis of artisanal trammel net vessels under alternative scenarios.
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