Sharing the fish : toward a national policy on individual fishing quotas / Committee to Review Individual Fishing Quotas, Ocean Studies Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review Individual Fishing Quotas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishery management--United States.

Fishery management.

Fishery policy--United States.

Fishery policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 422 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most U.S. fish stocks are fully or over-exploited, and harvesting in many fisheries far exceeds sustainable levels. The individual fishing quota (IFQ) is a relatively new instrument under which harvesting privileges are allocated to individual fishermen--innovative yet controversial for its feared effect on fishing communities and individual fishermen. Based on testimony from fishermen, regulators, environmentalists, and others, Sharing the Fish explores how IFQs might address the serious social, economic, and biologic issues raised by depleted fish stocks. In their approach to a national policy on IFQs, the panel makes direct recommendations to Congress, the Secretary of Commerce, the National Marine Fisheries Service, regional fishery management councils, state authorities, and others. This book provides definitions and examples, reviews legislation and regulations, and includes lessons learned from fisheries on the U.S. East Coast and in Alaska, and in Iceland, New Zealand, and other nations. The committee discusses the public trust doctrine, management of common-pool resources, alternative and complementary approaches to the IFQ, and more. Sharing the Fish provides straightforward answers that will be important to fishery policymakers and regulators, natural resource economists, fishery managers, environmental advocates, and concerned fishermen and their communities.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgement of Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Fisheries Compared With Other Natural Resources""; ""3 U.S. and Foreign Experience: Lessons Learned""; ""4 Alternative Conservation and Management Measures""; ""5 Considerations for a National Policy on Individual Fishing Quotas""; ""6 Findings and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A Relevant Sections of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act""; ""APPENDIX B Committee Biographies""

""APPENDIX C Relevant Section From the Shipping Act of 19161"" ""APPENDIX D National Standards in the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act1""; ""APPENDIX E History of Changes to the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act1""; ""APPENDIX F Acronyms and Glossary""; ""APPENDIX G Individual Fishing Quota Case Studies""; ""APPENDIX H Potential Economic Costs and Benefits of Individual Fishing Quotas to the Nation""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612082030

9780309173476

0309173477

9781282082038

1282082035

9780309520997

0309520991

9780585052298

0585052298

OCLC:

923257288