The European Landing Obligation

Part 1. Global and European perspectives on discard policies. -
1. Strategies used throughout the world to manage fisheries discards lessons for implementation of the EU Landing Obligation. - 2. Discards in the Common Fisheries Policy: The evolution of the policy. - 3. Requirements for documentation, data collection and scientific evaluations. -
Part II. Potential social, economic and ecological impacts of the Landing Obligation. -
4. Fishing Industry perspectives on the EU Landing Obligation. - 5. The implementation of the Landing Obligation in small-scale fisheries of southern European Union countries. - 6. Potential economic consequences of the Landing Obligation. - 7. The impact of fisheries discards on scavengers in the sea. -
Part III. Cultural, institutional and multi-jurisdictional challenges. -
8. How the implementation of the Landing Obligation was weakened. - 9. Muddying the waters of the Landing Obligation: how multi-level governance structures can obscure policy implementation. - 10. The Baltic cod trawl fishery: the perfect fishery for a successful implementation of the Landing Obligation? . - 11. Creating a breeding ground for compliance and honest reporting under the Landing Obligation: insights from behavioural science. -
Part IV. Tactical and technological options for reducing unwanted catches. -
12. A Marine Spatial Planning approach to minimize discards: challenges and

opportunities of the Landing Obligation in European waters. - 13. The best way to reduce discards is by not catching them! . - 14. Discard avoidance by improving fishing gear selectivity: helping the fishing industry help itself. - 15. Mitigating slipping-related mortality from purse seine fisheries for small pelagic fish: Case studies from European Atlantic waters. - 16. Onboard and vessel layout modifications. - 17. What to do with unwanted catches: valorisation options and selection strategies. -
Part V. Control, monitoring and surveillance. -
18. Tools and technologies for the monitoring, control and surveillance of unwanted catches. - 19. Monitoring the implementation of the Landing Obligation: The Last Haul programme. - 20. Possible uses of genetic methods in fisheries under the EU Landing Obligation.