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"Fish Piracy: Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing" and "Why Fish Piracy Persists: The Economics of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing"

26-Sep-2005

These publications focus on the economic, envirionmental and social aspects of fish piracy and identify the forces that drive this activity. Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing is a a worldwide problem, affecting both domestic waters and the high seas, and all types of fishing vessels. It is harmful to fish stocks and undermines the efficiency of measures adopted to secure fish stocks for the future.

Agriculture, trade and the environment: the arable crop sector

15-Sep-2005

Agricultural support policies affect the pattern and structure of agricultural production, with consequences for the environment. But what are these impacts and how might they be affected by further agricultural policy reform and trade ...

Evaluating agri-environmental policies: design, practice and results

15-Sep-2005

This workshop proceedings examines evaluation of agri-environmental policies to see how effective policies have been and what policy makers have learned.

Review of Fisheries in OECD Countries: Country Statistics 2001 to 2003 - 2005 Edition

31-Aug-2005

This is a publication of fisheries country statistics that is updated annually.

Preferential Trading Arrangements in Agricultural and Food Markets: The Case of the European Union and the United States

06-Apr-2005

Preference erosion has become an important issue in the current WTO trade negotiations as developing countries are concerned that multilateral tariff reductions will harm their agricultural sectors. The findings in this report suggest that although this may indeed be a problem for some countries in some sectors, factors other than preferential schemes may be limiting developing country exports.

An analysis of dairy policy reform and trade liberalisation

16-Feb-2005

In the context of OECD work on policy reform for commodities that receive very high support and protection, assessments are provided of the market, trade and welfare impacts of milk quota systems and of international dairy trade liberalisation.

Structural Adjustment in Australian Fisheries

17-Nov-2004

This report discusses the nature and cause of, and potential solutions to, capacity problems in fisheries, using Australian case studies. It is prepared for the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the OECD Fisheries Division.




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