Fisheries management today is highly contentious. The interests of fishers and fish processors, coastal communities, the government, and environmental organizations are often different and can even be mutually incompatible.Fishing Grounds offers a comprehensive assessment of the legal, social, economic and biological context of marine fisheries management in the United States. Drawing on interviews with stakeholders from all sides of the issue, the authors seek common ground -- and points of unresolved controversy -- among the diversity of interests and viewpoints involved. Chapters examine: history and background status of marine fisheries fishery productivity from biological, social, and economic perspectives ownership of fishery resources management structures and incentives the roles of science and evaluation Each chapter begins with legal, technical, and conceptual background to help readers understand the sets of issues involved and follows that with a balanced presentation of stakeholder views.Fishing Grounds presents a useful overview of fisheries management options and positions regarding those options, providing valuable insight into the opinions and concerns of stakeholders and the sets of incentives to which those stakeholders respond. It is an important work for fisheries management professionals in industry, government agencies, and nongovernmental organizations, as well as for students and researchers involved with fisheries and fisheries management.
Preface Origin of the Book Stakeholder Voices Book Scope and Structure Acknowledgments
PART I. Introduction and Overview Chapter 1. U.S. Fisheries Today -Types of Fisheries -Processing, Trade, and Consumption -Fishery Management -The Eight Fishery Management Regions -Other Fishery Management Authorities -The Status of U.S. Fisheries -Conclusion -Notes
PART II. The Past Chapter 2. History of Federal Fishery Management -1950s and 1960s: Pre-FCMA Decades -1970s: The Fishery Conservation and Management Act -1980s: The End of Expansion -1990s: Contraction and Change -Conclusion -In Their Own Words -Notes
PART III. The Present Chapter 3. Assessing Fishery Productivity -What Is Productivity? -Managing for Productivity -Maintaining Productivity Over Time -Lost Opportunities -Conclusion -In Their Own Words -Notes
Chapter 4. Owning Fishery Resources -Expanding Public Interests -Public Disinterest -Returns to the Public -Private Matters and Public Interests -Ideas About Rights-Based Management -Conclusion -In Their Own Words -Notes
Chapter 5. Managing Fisheries -Who's in Charge? -Expectations for Management -Outcomes -Checks, Balances, and Monkey Wrenches -Conclusion -In Their Own Words -Notes
Chapter 6. Creating Incentives -The Ideal and the Actual -Maintain Healthy Fisheries -Make Responsible Decisions -Take the Long View -Participate Responsibly -Conclusion -In Their Own Words -Notes
Chapter 7. Using Scientific Information -Why Do We Need Science? -Is the Science Adequate? -How Is Scientific Information Used? -Communicating Scientific Information -Funding Science -Cooperative Research -Conclusion -In Their Own Words -Notes
Chapter 8. Evaluating Fishery Performance -Why Evaluate? -Criteria and Objectives -What Is Evaluated? -Where Do We Go From Here? -Conclusion -In Their Own Words -Notes
PART IV. The Future Chapter 9. Looking Ahead -Learning and Adapting -Integrating Management Objectives -Creating Expectations for Stewardship -Maintaining Fishery Diversity -Making the Transition -Major Policy Choices and Reauthorization Issues -Conclusion -In Their Own Words
Appendix A: Program Participants -Interview Sources -Reviewers
Appendix B: Annotated Bibliography of Selected Literature on U.S. -Marine Fishery Management -Fishery Status and Management History -Assessing Fishery Productivity -Owning Fishery Resources -Managing Fisheries -Creating Incentives -Using Scientific Information -Evaluating Fishery Performance -Looking Ahead
