Fisheries in Reunion
In-Depth Analysis
15-09-2015
European outermost regions including Reunion are important providers of seafood to the Europeans. Adversely, fisheries play an important role in the economy of insular regions. These remote territories experience specific hardships in relation to their economic development, due to their location, limited range of activities in which they can sustain a competitive advantage. The recent EU fisheries policy change and the expected national compensation scheme for the outermost regions are to remedy these difficulties and promote further integration to the single market. Whether these respond the islanders' needs is the question to ask.
In-Depth Analysis
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- Africa
- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
- aquaculture
- catch of fish
- common fisheries policy
- criminal law
- economic geography
- ECONOMICS
- ENVIRONMENT
- EU finance
- EU financing
- EUROPEAN UNION
- exclusive economic zone
- fisheries
- fisheries structure
- fishery management
- fishing agreement
- fishing industry
- GEOGRAPHY
- Indian Ocean
- international law
- LAW
- Mayotte
- natural environment
- overseas countries and territories
- peripheral region
- piracy
- regions and regional policy
- Réunion
- Seychelles