The criteria to be used may include, inter alia, the impact of fishing on the environment, the history of compliance, the contribution to the local economy and historic catch levels. [...] The majority of the vessels are small-scale and the majority of the labour is part-time and seasonal. [...] Estonia’s allocation policies suggest a focus on the supply to the national processing industry (export focus); allocation of fishing rights to the most economically efficient enterprises and reducing excessive fleet capacity (via ITQs) to balance the size of the fishing fleet and fishing opportunities as well as innovation and development of the fishing fleet.33 No specific environmental or socia. [...] France’s management system for fishing opportunities is designed to meet the government’s objectives of the sustainable exploitation and enhancement of the collective heritage of the fishery resources, supporting income and increased employment and improving the quality of life of fishers.37 Beyond the criteria identified above, market orientation, provisions in the Code Rural to allocate track re. [...] Relative to its population size, the Netherlands is one of the most productive fishing nations in the EU and is one of the few Member States that has a trade surplus in the fishing sector.
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