Opinion: A strategy to reduce overfishing in world's oceans
06-22-2009
Well-managed oceans policy, with strategies to reduce overfishing, would be example for others. Rather than annual catch limits, administration advocates 'catch shares,' which gives individuals or groups fixed percentage of annual catch, then allows them to set rules, supposing that shareholders will have vested interest in growing resource. And: New system would protect marine ecosystem, increase revenues, ensure dinnertime feasts of native fish (click 'See also').
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Tags: catch shares, Clark University, cod, commercial fisheries, dedicated access, flounder, George W. Bush, Jane Lubchenco, marine reserves, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, national oceans policy, New England Fishery Management Council, New Zealand, NOAA, ocean health, One Last Chance: The Economic Case for a New Approach to Fisheries Management in New England, overfishing, Peter Baker, Pew Environment Group, pollock, Robert Johnston
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