1. Problem The EU requires Impact Assessment (IA) of all new management meausures in the Fisheries Policy, but they include little or no social and economic aspects So what? Fishers can suffer economic losses, their interests are often underepresented and they have no incentives to implement the management measures and to cooperate with the management authorities Compliance with the management measures is low, and undesired consequences for the fish stocks and coastal communities are not uncommon Aim of the project IA of measures of the revised CFP Methodological improvement of IA Background Conclusion Impact assessments are able to improve policy making Improved stakeholder involvement in development of measures a way to improve compliance Results of IA on landing obligation show necessity for flexibility in quota distribution (exchange of quota between MS) IA for small scale fisheries needs more time as data must often be generated by interviews and focus groups as suitable economic data is not always available Zellwandaufbau: Cellulose; Hemicellulose; Lignin http://www.ceres.net/aboutus/AboutUs-Biofuels-Carbo.html (17.09.2013) Example for IA: Landing Obligation Landing obligation introduced in the new basic regulation of the CFP, first discard plans since Jan. 2016 Analysis of stakeholder involvement and incentive structure in development of the discard plans in four countries  fishers see LO as not implementable and stakeholder were not really involved That may influence negatively the LO as avoiding participation in design phase causes time losses in implementation SOCIOEC: Possible impacts of the LO on the North Sea Saithe Fishery Simons, S., Döring, R. & Temming, A. Modelling fishers’ response to discard prevention strategies: the case of the North Sea saithe fishery, ICES Journal of Marine Science Vol. 72(5):1530-1544 Ralf Döring, Leyre Goti, Sarah Simons 1 Thünen-Institute of Sea Fisheries, Hamburg, Germany · Tel: +49 (0)40 38905-231 · Email: leyre.goti@ti.bund.de · www.ti.bund.dewww.ti.bund.de The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 289192. Impact assessments in the EU – results from the SOCIOEC project SOCIOEC: More precise objectives and improved stakeholder involvement Overarching objective agreed by stakeholders: Gradually eliminate discards Stakeholder want to be more involved in the policy making process (e.g. via the Advisory Councils) Problem Landing obligation: Regional groups not really involved the Advisory Councils in the development of the discard plans Saithe fishery is an important demersal fishery in the North Sea under a long term management plan First fishery under the landing obligation (1.1.2016), already very low by-catch and discard rates but cod possible choke species Application of the Fishrent-Model including an improved biological assessment tool: economic model with improved biological part Possible Conclusion: Fishery management needs adjustments e.g. avoiding areas with high discards and/or flexibility in quota distribution (exchange of quota between Member States)  LO positive for stock and fleet Example for IA: Lessons from the Fehmarn small scale fisheries case study Objectives Governance Economic impact Incentives Social impact Focus groups Semi-structured interviews Media research SWOT workshop Herkunft Hafen Status quo Umsatz Umsatz mit Schützgebiet Verlorene Umsatz % Verlust Burgstaaken249992 €121883 €128109 €51% Heiligenhafen375753 €215794 €159959 €43% Total625744 €337676 €288068 €46% De Vos, B., Döring, R., Goti, L. et.al. 2016 New modes of fisheries governance: Implementation of the landing obligation in four European countries. Marine Policy 64: 1-8