Mapping and Modelling the Incentives for a Landing Obligation in Demersal Fisheries

To help fishers comply with the Landing Obligation, the right incentives need to be in place. This project maps the incentives for catching, retaining and landing different species and predicts fishers’ behavioural responses to them. The study shows that discarding needs to be perceived as a costly activity in order for the Landing Obligation to be effectively enforced.