Easing pressures on U.S. fisheries

Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 24-28

  Nixon, Dennis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COASTAL FISHERIES; COASTAL FISHERY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; MAGNUSON ACT; MAGNUSON ACT (1976);

USA;

EID: 0029903576     PISSN: 08878218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Managing U.S. Marine Fisheries: Public Interest or Conflict of Interest (Washington, DC: World Wildlife Fund, Sept. 1994).
2. B. Meier, "Fight in Congress Looms on Fishing," New York Times, Sept, 19, 1994.
3. V. Anthony, "The State of Groundfish Resources Off the Northeastern United States," Fisheries 18 (March 1993), p. 12.
4. Commonly known in the industry as "high-grading," this problem also plagues the currently fashionable, individually transferable quota (ITQ) systems promoted by resource economists. See L. Anderson, Consideration of the Potential Use of Individual Transferable Quotas in U.S. Fisheries: National ITQ Study Report (Washington, DC: National Marine Fisheries Service, 1992).
5. Most industry experts believe S100 million would be required to achieve the desired reduction in harvesting power.