EU Fishing Fleet Analysis on Sustainability and Modernization Challenges

A 2026 policy analysis document by François Bastardie examines the European Union's fishing fleet post-2013 Common Fisheries Policy reform. The 245.8 KB document collates expert knowledge and data analyses to assess challenges like fleet overcapacity, energy transition, and attracting young fishers. It aims to inform policy recommendations for sustainable fisheries within the EU framework.

Use Cases

• Analyzing policy impacts on fleet capacity and fish stock health based on post-2013 CFP reform data.
• Modeling socioeconomic resilience of fishing communities under energy transition scenarios.
• Informing fleet-level management strategies to balance fishing opportunities with sustainability goals.

Strengths

• Document is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open sharing and adaptation.
• Analysis is grounded in the context of the 2013 Common Fisheries Policy reform and subsequent developments.
• Focuses on concrete policy challenges like energy transition and fleet modernization.

Limitations

• The dataset is a single 245.8 KB DOCX file, indicating a very limited textual scope rather than a large-scale data collection.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

François Bastardie via figshare.

Collection Method

Collation of expert knowledge and data analyses, as described.

Time Range

Post-2013 Common Fisheries Policy reform period.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 10:39:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

European Union fishing fleet.