Individual Fishing Quotas: Better Information Could Improve Program Management

• Main Author: United States. General Accounting Office.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: United States. General Accounting Office. 2002
• Subjects: Government accountability > United States; natural resources and environment; individual fishing quotas; letter report; Ocean quahog
• Online Access: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc295046/

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "To assist in deliberations on individual fishing quota (IFQ) programs, GAO determined (1) the extent of consolidation of quota holdings in three IFQ programs (Alaskan halibut and sablefish, wreckfish, and surfclam/ocean quahog); (2) the extent of foreign holdings of quota in these programs; and (3) the economic effect of the IFQ program on Alaskan halibut and sablefish processors."