RBM in the EU
Gothenburg
14 April 2015
Erik Lindebo
Senior Consultant, Environmental
Defense Fund Europe
Twitter: @Elindebo
Email: [email protected]
Topics of Discussion
1.  RBM concept
–  SEASALT principle
–  RBM in use today
2.  CFP approach to RBM
–  Reform details
–  Implementing CFP and LO
3. RBM in Sweden
2015-04-16
Topics of Discussion
1.  RBM concept
–  SEASALT principle
–  RBM in use today
2.  CFP approach to RBM
–  Reform details
–  Implementing CFP and LO
3. RBM in Sweden
2015-04-16
RBM concept
•  Catch shares in the US
•  We prefer to use the
term RBM
•  Basic SEASALT
principle
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Secure
Exclusive
All sources
Scaled
Accountable
Limited
Transferable
Secure
E
A
S
A
L
T
Tenure length or
access right is
granted long enough
for individual
fishermen to realise
future benefits
S
Exclusive
A
S
A
L
T
Secure privileges
are assigned to
individuals or
groups
S
E
All sources
S
A
L
T
Shares include all
sources of fishing
mortality and does
not exceed the
catch limit or other
controls on mortality
S
E
A
Scaled
A
L
T
Management
units are set at
appropriate
biological level,
considering social
and political
systems
S
E
A
S
Fishermen are
required to stay
within their
allocated share or
comply with other
regulations
Accountable
L
T
S
E
A
S
A
Limited
T
Controls on
fishing mortality
are set at
scientifically
appropriate
levels
S
E
A
S
Shareholders
can buy, sell
and/or lease
shares
A
L
Transferable
Secure
Exclusive
All sources
Scaled
Accountable
Limited
Transferable
RBM in use today
•  DG MARE/MRAG study
(2009) maps RBM in EU
•  Widespread/-ranging
•  Definition of RBM: “any
system of allocating
fishing rights to fishermen,
fishing vessels,
enterprises, cooperatives
or fishing communities”
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RBM in use today
RBM type (OECD typology) used in DG MARE, 2009
Community-based catch quotas (CQ)
Limited Non-Transferable Licences (LL)
Limited Transferable Licences (LTL)
Individual Transferable Effort Quotas (ITE)
Individual Non-Transferable Effort Quotas (IE)
Vessel Catch Limits (VC)
Individual Non-Transferable Quotas (IQ)
Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQ)
Territorial Use Rights (TURFs)
•  Evolved independently, not specific to CFP objectives!
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http://fisherysolutionscenter.edf.org
Topics of Discussion
1.  RBM concept
–  SEASALT principle
–  RBM in use today
2.  CFP approach to RBM
–  Reform details
–  Implementing CFP and LO
3. RBM in Sweden
2015-04-16
Reform details
•  TFC – individual or collective
“user” right
•  Apply to large scale fleets to deal
with overcapacity, no scrapping
•  MS rejected
–  Prerogative of MS to manage fleets
–  We do not have overcapacity
•  CFP says TFC “may” be used.
EMFF money available
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Implementing CFP
and LO
•  MS are moving to RBM –
e.g. Sweden, UK, Spain
•  Landing obligation will
challenge quota allocation
and management
•  MS will need to look into
quota allocation and
benefits of RBM
– Discard Reduction Manual
2015-04-16
Reducing discards in EU fisheries:
Introducing our Manual
Reducing discards in EU fisheries:
Introducing our Manual
Topics of Discussion
1.  RBM concept
–  SEASALT principle
–  RBM in use today
2.  CFP approach to RBM
–  Reform details
–  Implementing CFP and LO
3. RBM in Sweden
2015-04-16
RBM in Sweden
•  ITQs in pelagic fishery – recently
evaluated, achieved goals
•  Mix of effort and weekly/monthly
allowances in demersal fishery
•  Parliament made RBM possible
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•  Temporary transfers of quota as
one potential tool to meet the
requirements of the LO
•  Limit the risk of shutting down
the entire fleet
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RBM in Sweden (2)
•  Some of the (many!)
challenges include:
–  low quotas in mixed fishery
–  unclear on how LO will be
implemented in 2016
–  stringent technical rules
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RBM in Sweden (3)
•  Co-management
•  Bottom-up approach to
develop recommendations/
guidelines for a new quota
management system
•  Goals?
–  enable people to keep fishing
while complying with the new
CFP
–  limit rationalisation of the fleet
–  increasing flexibility, enable
young people to enter
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Moving Forward…
• 
Supporting robust RBM quota management – national
quota allocation/mgt is very important, e.g. LO
• 
Flexibility in exchange for willingness to achieve full
accountability and fully documented fisheries
• 
Better understanding of the problems and potential
solutions. Pilots to build evidence-base and support the
reality on water – trial tools!
• 
Good design and process, including collaboration and
participation between stakeholders, is critical to
success
Thank you…
…Questions?
RBM in the EU
Twitter: @ELindebo
@EDFOceans_EU
E-mail:
[email protected]