1. Rebecca Metzner Fishery Analyst – Fishing Capacity Fishery Economics & Policy Division FAO, Rome, Italy Recognizing Over Capacity Basic Approaches, Current Practices

2. Reminder re overcapacity Basic approaches to recognizing overcapacity Current approaches for addressing capacity Looking forward Overview

3. What is over capacity?

4. “Too many people (or boats) and too few fish.” The amount of fish (or fishing effort) that can be produced over a period of time (e.g., a year or a fishing season) by a vessel or a fleet if fully utilized and for a given resource condition. The Jargon

5. What is overcapacity? overinvestment in capital excessive employment in labour depleted abundance, overfishing of targeted stock(s) and associated stocks reduced returns to capital and labour decline in quality of life for fishers and their families increasing political, management strife Impacts of Overcapacity

6. Recognizing Overcapacity Basic Approaches

7. Quantitative Approaches Recognizing Overcapacity: Basic Approaches Rapid Appraisal (RA) techniques Peak-to-peak analysis Stochastic Production Frontiers (SPF) Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Biological, Bioeconomic & Multi- objective modelling FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 433/2

8. Qualitative Approaches Biological status of a fishery declining Catch per unit effort decreasing Value per unit effort decreasing Conflict increasing Compliance decreasing Ratios: –Harvest / target catch exceeding –season length to TAC decreasing Other measures –profitability declining –fleet aging –latent permits increasing Recognizing Overcapacity: Basic Approaches

9. Recognizing Overcapacity Current Practices

10. Addressing Overcapacity General Management Plans of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity Reduction & Management Measurement & Directed Management Avoidance Recognizing Overcapacity: Current Practices

11. Looking Forward

12. What do we want? Essentials Minimum conditions Best practices Looking Forward

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