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Title U.S. catch share programs : economic performance of fishery management / Alfred G. Solomon, editor.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2014.
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Fish, Fishing and Fisheries
Fish, fishing and fisheries.
Note Includes index.
Summary Catch share programs are a fishery management tool that dedicates a secure share of quota allowing individual fishermen, fishing cooperatives, fishing communities, or other entities to harvest a fixed amount of fish. With clearly defined fishing privileges, fishermen no longer need to ""race to fish,"" but instead can make harvest decisions based upon market conditions, improving economic performance, and weather conditions, which improves crew safety. These incentives can reduce the cost of taking conservation actions and can encourage individual fishing choices that are more consistent with.
Contents U.S. CATCH SHARE PROGRAMS: ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF FISHERY MANAGEMENT; U.S. CATCH SHARE PROGRAMS: ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF FISHERY MANAGEMENT; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF U.S. CATCH SHARE PROGRAMS ; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; NORTHEAST REGION; MID-ATLANTIC OCEAN QUAHOG ITQ PROGRAM; MID-ATLANTIC SURFCLAM ITQ PROGRAM; NORTHEAST GENERAL CATEGORY ATLANTIC SEA SCALLOP IFQ PROGRAM; MID-ATLANTIC GOLDEN TILEFISH IFQ PROGRAM; NORTHEAST MULTISPECIES SECTORS PROGRAM; SOUTHEAST REGION
GULF OF MEXICO RED SNAPPER IFQ PROGRAMGULF OF MEXICO GROUPER-TILEFISH IFQ PROGRAM; NORTHWEST REGION; PACIFIC COAST SABLEFISH PERMIT STACKING PROGRAM; PACIFIC GROUNDFISH TRAWL RATIONALIZATION PROGRAM; ALASKA REGION; ALASKA HALIBUT IFQ PROGRAM; ALASKA SABLEFISH IFQ PROGRAM; AMERICAN FISHERIES ACT (AFA) POLLOCK COOPERATIVES; BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS CRAB RATIONALIZATION PROGRAM; NON-POLLOCK TRAWL CATCHER/PROCESSOR GROUNDFISH COOPERATIVES (AMENDMENT 80); CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA ROCKFISH COOPERATIVES PROGRAM; Chapter 2: NOAA CATCH SHARE POLICY ; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Background and legal authorityglossary of terms; index
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Fishery policy -- United States.
Fishery policy.
United States.
Fishery management -- Economic aspects.
Fishery management -- Economic aspects.
Fishery management.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Solomon, Alfred G., editor.
Other Form: Print version: U.S. catch share programs : economic performance of fishery management. New York, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2014 viii, 173 pages Fish, fishing and fisheries. 9781633216358
ISBN 9781633216402 electronic book
1633216403 electronic book
9781633216358