Results based management of bycatch in a catch share fishery ...
No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.This paper explores using results based management to minimize the Bering Sea pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) fishery’s bycatch of culturally and economically valuable Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). The pollock fishery is...
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ASC 2010 - Theme session P
2024
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25132985 https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Results_based_management_of_bycatch_in_a_catch_share_fishery/25132985 |
| Summary: | No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.This paper explores using results based management to minimize the Bering Sea pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) fishery’s bycatch of culturally and economically valuable Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). The pollock fishery is the largest single species fishery, by volume, in the United States, annually generating over a billion dollars in revenue. This fishery is managed under the American Fisheries Act, a catch share program that identifies the eligible vessels and processors and allocates pollock quot a am ong these participants. In Alaska, after escapement goals have been met, Chinook salmon harvests are fully utilized by subsistence, commercial, sport, and personal use fisheries ... |
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