NPFMC member Duncan Fields lists seven considerations for any catch share program (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] August 29, 2014
ike it or not, catch share programs are a preferred tool for federal fishery managers. For any program, seven topics should drive the decisions that will change fisheries forever. A straightforward list has been compiled by Duncan Fields, a lifelong Kodiak fisherman and a North Pacific Council member. Here is a sampler:
"Issue one: Who gets the fish and why – vessel owners only? Directed species only? Bycatch species only? Would you distribute only by history, if so why, if not, why not. If you distribute only by history, how do you address the concern about rewarding fishermen who have generally fished dirty? Can you talk about equal distribution based on participation?"
The second major question is what kind of access right would be given to the resource.
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