Swedish COBECOS Pilot Study - Costs and Benefits of Control Strategies in Selected Swedish Fisheries

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This report tackles the impediments to successful fisheries control/enforcement schemes by developing computer-based modelling approaches, which help to optimise the cost-benefit ratio of envisioned strategies. 

The modelling framework is based on theory and empirical estimations aimed at answering questions such as:

  • What are the costs and benefits of increased enforcement efforts, particularly for fisheries?
  • If compliance alters (exogenously) in certain fisheries, what are the costs and benefits?
  • What are the impacts of increased penalties for violations of fisheries rules?
  • How do different control schemes compare when the cost of enforcement is taken into account?

In order to test “Costs and Benefits of Control Strategies” (COBECOS) using real scenarios, the model was applied to a selection of Swedish fisheries. One of the main deliverables of this project was the production of a fully functioning user-friendly software. This open source software allows the user to investigate the costs and benefits of enforcement tools of various fisheries and management situations. It includes default functions, but it is flexible enough to allow the user to introduce their own estimations and modify the parameters. The results and deliverables are documented in this report. 

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