Sustainability now or later? Estimating the benefits of pathways to maximum sustainable yield for EU Northeast Atlantic fisheries

- We investigate the benefits of exploiting Northeast Atlantic fish stocks at MSY.
- The EU fleet could increase their profitability by €4.64 billion profits per annum.
- Achieving FMSY faster leads to higher short term costs.
- Achieving FMSY faster leads also to higher net present values of the sector profits.
- Achieving FMSY by 2016 leads to 31% higher profits than achieving it only by 2020.