After 10-Year Crab Review, Council Seeks Social Impact Information

SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Alaska Journal Commerce] DJ Summers - June 16, 2016
KODIAK — Statistics help explain economics, but fisheries managers want to find a way to put number to cultural impacts as well.
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council approved a 10-year review of rationalization on June 10, the program that ended derby-style crab fisheries in 2005 and gave quota shares to vessel owners, captains and processors. The aim was to reduce overcapitalization and create a safer fishery by allowing crew to fish slower ...
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