Capacity and efficiency of the European Fishing Fleet: analysis of the 2008-2018 period

  1. José Luis Fernández Sánchez 1
  2. Manuel Luna García 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Cantabria
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    Universidad de Cantabria

    Santander, España

    ROR https://ror.org/046ffzj20

  2. 2 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Revista:
Anuario de estudios marítimos

ISSN: 2792-9698

Ano de publicación: 2024

Número: 3

Páxinas: 279-296

Tipo: Artigo

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Resumo

An important problem in the management of fisheries is overcapacity (or overcapitalization) whereby the size of the fishing fleet, its harvesting ability, or fishing power exceeds what is necessary to harvest an optimum yield so that lower levels of output could indicate a combination of inefficient input use and/or capacity underutilization. The purpose of this research is to estimate the capacity utilization and technical efficiency of the European fishing fleet over the period 2008-2018. To perform the analysis, we have employed the stochastic production frontier (SPF) methodology. Annual economic data obtained from EUROSTAT and the STECF’s economic reports was employed to obtain those estimations of the fishing fleet from 23 European countries.

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