Do Active Participation Measures Help Fishermen Retain Fishing Privileges?

• Published in: Coastal Management
• Main Authors: Szymkowiak, Marysia, Himes-Cornell, Amber
• Other Authors: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer (AMURE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Science and Technology, "Laboratoire d'Excellence" LabexMER at the European Institute of Marine Sciences ANR-10-LABX-19
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: active participation; catch shares; fisheries; leasing; owner-on-board; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Bering Sea; Pacific; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02149950; https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2017.1237243

In numerous fisheries management programs, managers have implemented measures to ensure that the benefits of the fishery accrue to those who are actively fishing. Although active participation measures are common in fisheries management, there has been limited research on these measures. This study highlights the variety of objectives that motivate the development of active participation measures and how they have been implemented. We examine the application of these measures in four case study fisheries management programsthe Alaska Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota, the Pacific Coast Sablefish Permit Stacking, the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization, and the Alaska State Limited Entry programsand, based on the experiences in these programs, provide recommendations for instituting active participation measures in other management programs.