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  Fisheries subsidies in Australia
           
      Subsidies categories and types 		 Amount
US$ '000
(Y 2000) 		% of landed value    
Source
 Beneficial (good)
   · Fisheries management and services 24,227    Dept. of Fisheries
   · Fishery research and development 18,618    APEC, 2000
   · Maintenance of MPAs 111,893    Cullis-Suzuki and Pauly, 2008
  Sub total   154,739 16.46  
 Harmful (bad)         
   · Boat construction, renewal and modernization 52,571    APEC, 2000
   · Fishery development and support services -    -
   · Fishing port construction and renovation -    -
   · Marketing support and storage infrastructure -    -
   · Tax exemption -    -
   · Foreign access agreements -    -
   · Fuel subsidies 38,272     Parliamentary library
  Sub total   90,843 9.66  
 Ambiguous (ugly)         
   · Fisher assistance 46,673    Dept. of Fisheries
   · Vessel buyback 139,086    Newton et al., 2006
   · Rural fisheries community development -    -
  Sub total   185,760 19.76  
         
   Grand total:  431,341 45.88

 
These data are taken from Khan et al. (2006) and Sumaila et al. (2006), who identified for each maritime country three categories and twelve fisheries subsidy types, with subsidy amounts provided for year 2000 in real (inflation adjusted) US$. References for both the reported subsidy amounts and the estimates (in brackets) are provided. The subsidy intensity in the form of total subsidy as a percentage of landed value is also given. 


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