Eliminating illegal bottom trawl fishing in the coastal waters of Korea

Dong-Oh Cho

Marine Policy, 2012, vol. 36, issue 2, 321-326

Abstract: Illegal bottom trawl fishing using nets with a small mesh size has been one of the most difficult problems to address in fisheries management in Korea. This practice has occurred for the last century, since the Japanese colonial period. The elimination of illegal bottom trawl fishing, regulated in the Fisheries Law (Law No. 10292), was extremely difficult because the number of vessel owners increased to greater than 3000, creating a strong oppositional lobby. Therefore, the Korean government carried out an ‘incentive program’ to buy-back vessels, which has been very effective in eliminating illegal bottom trawl fishing in the coastal waters of Korea.

Keywords: IUU fishing; Bottom trawl fishing; Law enforcement; Incentive program; Special law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2011.07.001

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