Fishing grounds : defining a new era for American fisheries management / Susan Hanna ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanna, Susan.

H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishery management--United States.

Fishery management.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 241 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [2000]

Summary:

Fisheries management today is highly contentious. The interests of fishers and fish processors, coastal communities, the government, and environmental organizations are often different and can even be mutually incompatible.Fishing Grounds offers a comprehensive assessment of the legal, social, economic and biological context of marine fisheries management in the United States. Drawing on interviews with stakeholders from all sides of the issue, the authors seek common ground -- and points of unresolved controversy -- among the diversity of interests and viewpoints involved. Chapters examine: history and background status of marine fisheries fishery productivity from biological, social, and economic perspectives ownership of fishery resources management structures and incentives the roles of science and evaluation Each chapter begins with legal, technical, and conceptual background to help readers understand the sets of issues involved and follows that with a balanced presentation of stakeholder views.Fishing Grounds presents a useful overview of fisheries management options and positions regarding those options, providing valuable insight into the opinions and concerns of stakeholders and the sets of incentives to which those stakeholders respond. It is an important work for fisheries management professionals in industry, government agencies, and nongovernmental organizations, as well as for students and researchers involved with fisheries and fisheries management.

Contents:

Chapter 1 U.S. Fisheries Today 3

Types of Fisheries 3

Processing, Trade, and Consumption 5

Fishery Management 6

The Eight Fishery Management Regions 8

Other Fishery Management Authorities 13

The Status of U.S. Fisheries 14

Part II The Past

Chapter 2 History of Federal Fishery Management 23

1950s and 1960s: Pre-FCMA Decades 24

1970s: The Fishery Conservation and Management Act 25

1980s: The End of Expansion 28

1990s: Contraction and Change 29

Part III The Present

Chapter 3 Assessing Fishery Productivity 39

What Is Productivity? 40

Managing for Productivity 44

Maintaining Productivity Over Time 47

Lost Opportunities 52

Chapter 4 Owning Fishery Resources 61

Expanding Public Interests 62

Public Disinterest 65

Returns to the Public 66

Private Matters and Public Interests 69

Ideas About Rights-Based Management 72

Chapter 5 Managing Fisheries 81

Who's in Charge? 82

Expectations for Management 85

Outcomes 87

Checks, Balances, and Monkey Wrenches 94

Chapter 6 Creating Incentives 105

The Ideal and the Actual 106

Maintain Healthy Fisheries 107

Make Responsible Decisions 109

Take the Long View 115

Participate Responsibly 117

Chapter 7 Using Scientific Information 127

Why Do We Need Science? 128

Is the Science Adequate? 130

How Is Scientific Information Used? 134

Communicating Scientific Information 139

Funding Science 141

Cooperative Research 142

Chapter 8 Evaluating Fishery Performance 155

Why Evaluate? 156

Criteria and Objectives 162

What Is Evaluated? 166

Part IV The Future

Chapter 9 Looking Ahead 177

Learning and Adapting 178

Integrating Management Objectives 179

Creating Expectations for Stewardship 180

Maintaining Fishery Diversity 181

Making the Transition 182

Major Policy Choices and Reauthorization Issues 184

Appendix A Program Participants 193

Appendix B Annotated Bibliography of Selected Literature on U.S. Marine Fishery Management 199

Fishery Status and Management History 200

Assessing Fishery Productivity 203

Owning Fishery Resources 206

Managing Fisheries 209

Creating Incentives 212

Using Scientific Information 216

Evaluating Fishery Performance 219

Looking Ahead 222.

Notes:

"The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-225) and index.

ISBN:

1559638036

1559638044

OCLC:

43397044