SubsidyExplorer: A decision-support tool to improve our understanding of the ecological and economic effects of reforming fisheries subsidies.
The magnitude of subsidies provided to the fishing sector by governments worldwide is immense-an estimated $35.4 billion USD per year. The majority of these subsidies may be impeding efforts to sustainably manage fisheries by incentivizing overfishing and overcapacity. Recognizing the threat these s...
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| author | Katherine D Millage Vienna R Saccomanno Matthew M Warham Laura Lea Rubino Anna Schuhbauer U Rashid Sumaila Christopher Costello |
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| description | The magnitude of subsidies provided to the fishing sector by governments worldwide is immense-an estimated $35.4 billion USD per year. The majority of these subsidies may be impeding efforts to sustainably manage fisheries by incentivizing overfishing and overcapacity. Recognizing the threat these subsidies pose, the World Trade Organization has set a goal of reaching an agreement that would end fisheries subsidies that contribute to overcapacity, overfishing, and illegal fishing. However, negotiations have been hampered by uncertainty around the likely effects of reforming these subsidies. Here we present a novel method for translating a bioeconomic model into an interactive online decision support tool that draws upon real-world data on fisheries subsidies and industrial fishing activity so users can directly compare the relative ambition levels of different subsidy reform options. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-112d23e0f54d49aea669a618065bc73c2022-12-22T02:31:07ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01176e026582910.1371/journal.pone.0265829SubsidyExplorer: A decision-support tool to improve our understanding of the ecological and economic effects of reforming fisheries subsidies.Katherine D MillageVienna R SaccomannoMatthew M WarhamLaura Lea RubinoAnna SchuhbauerU Rashid SumailaChristopher CostelloThe magnitude of subsidies provided to the fishing sector by governments worldwide is immense-an estimated $35.4 billion USD per year. The majority of these subsidies may be impeding efforts to sustainably manage fisheries by incentivizing overfishing and overcapacity. Recognizing the threat these subsidies pose, the World Trade Organization has set a goal of reaching an agreement that would end fisheries subsidies that contribute to overcapacity, overfishing, and illegal fishing. However, negotiations have been hampered by uncertainty around the likely effects of reforming these subsidies. Here we present a novel method for translating a bioeconomic model into an interactive online decision support tool that draws upon real-world data on fisheries subsidies and industrial fishing activity so users can directly compare the relative ambition levels of different subsidy reform options.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265829 |
| spellingShingle | Katherine D Millage Vienna R Saccomanno Matthew M Warham Laura Lea Rubino Anna Schuhbauer U Rashid Sumaila Christopher Costello SubsidyExplorer: A decision-support tool to improve our understanding of the ecological and economic effects of reforming fisheries subsidies. PLoS ONE |
| title | SubsidyExplorer: A decision-support tool to improve our understanding of the ecological and economic effects of reforming fisheries subsidies. |
| title_full | SubsidyExplorer: A decision-support tool to improve our understanding of the ecological and economic effects of reforming fisheries subsidies. |
| title_fullStr | SubsidyExplorer: A decision-support tool to improve our understanding of the ecological and economic effects of reforming fisheries subsidies. |
| title_full_unstemmed | SubsidyExplorer: A decision-support tool to improve our understanding of the ecological and economic effects of reforming fisheries subsidies. |
| title_short | SubsidyExplorer: A decision-support tool to improve our understanding of the ecological and economic effects of reforming fisheries subsidies. |
| title_sort | subsidyexplorer a decision support tool to improve our understanding of the ecological and economic effects of reforming fisheries subsidies |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265829 |
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