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Fisheries and Aquaculture: Fisheries Management
Shellfish Resource Management in Massachusetts
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Leavitt, D.F.
Focal Points, 3 pp., 2000 WHOI-G-00-003
Theme Booklet: Fisheries and Aquaculture
WHOI Sea Grant
4 pp., 2000 WHOI-G-00-004
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Learn more of WHOI Sea Grant's investment in fisheries and aquaculture
which has resulted in the development of better management practices
and policies for shellfish harvest and shellfish aquaculture and
better understanding of the life history and environmental requirements
of commercially important species of fish and shellfish.
Catch as Catch Can: Cracking Down on the Illegal Harvesting
of Berried Lobsters
Crago, T.I.
Nor'easter, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 8-11, 1996 WHOI-R-96-010
Shellfish Closures in Massachusetts: Status and Options.
Proceedings of a Sea Grant-sponsored Workshop Held at the Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution on March 22, 1989
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available on loan from the National Sea Grant Library
White,
A.W. and L.A. Campbell
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report WHOI-89-35,
60 pp., 1989 WHOI-W-89-001
This report is a summary of a workshop on the problems of shellfish
closures due to microbial contamination in Massachusetts. Its principal
aim was to keep the shellfishing community informed about the status
of shellfish closures throughout Massachusetts, the results of recent
research on microbial contamination of shellfish, and options for
shellfisheries in the region in the face of increasing closures
of shellfish areas. Topics addressed by invited speakers included
the history of shellfish closures in the state, the fecal coliform
standard and why it needs to be modified, alternatives to the standard,
and shellfish relay and depuration procedures used in other states.
Influence of Fishermen's Preferences on the Success of
Commercial Fishery Management Regimes
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available on loan from the National Sea Grant Library
Healey, M.C.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Vol. 5, pp. 173-180,
1985 WHOI-R-85-004
Fishermen may opt for goals of stock rebuilding and stable yield
when fish stocks are depleted and the short-term outlook for catches
is poor but reject these goals when a good year class appears. The
purpose of this study was to determine whether this apparent ambivalence
among fishermen is a consequence of changing preference for short-
and long-term returns or can be accounted for by the change in short-term
pay-off associated with good recruitment. The researchers derived
realistic short- and long-term pay-offs by exploiting a population
model of the Gulf of Maine herring (Clupea harengus) stock under
two regimes. The goal of one regime was to obtain long-term stable
yields while the goal of the other was to take windfall yields from
occasional good year classes. The researchers used a multi-attribute
utility model to determine if there was a set of preference weights
for short- and long-term returns that would cause fishermen logically
to choose the stable yield regime when the short-term outlook was
poor but to choose the windfall yield regime when the short-term
outlook was good. Such a set of preference weights did exist. If
attributes other than short- and long-term returns were included
in the analysis, then ambivalence was logically possible regardless
of the weight assigned to these other attributes--provided the other
attributes scored higher in the windfall yield regime but not if
they scored higher in the stable yield regime. These results suggested
that more acceptable management regimes could be designed based
on a knowledge of fishermen's preferences.
Multiattribute Analysis and the Concept of Optimum Yield
Healey, M.C.
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., Vol. 41, pp. 1393-1406, 1984 WHOI-R-84-014
The Introduction of Limited Entry: The New Zealand Rock
Lobster Fishery
Annala, J.H.
Marine Policy, pp. 103-108, 1983 WHOI-R-83-022
The rock lobster fishery has traditionally been New Zealand's single
most important domestic fishery in terms of the number of vessels
and fishermen employed and the value of landings and exports. This
paper describes the implementation of a controlled or limited entry
fishery for New Zealand rock lobsters. The background to the implementation
of limited entry is described and the decrease in annual landings
per vessel in the period 1955-1977 is pointed out. The New Zealand
licensing system is outlined, attention being paid to continuous
and seasonal licenses, allocation of licenses, controlled fishing
areas, and fishing methods and gear restrictions. The number of
rock lobster vessels decreased from 1,574 in 1979 to 970 after the
initial round of licensing in 1980-81.
The Potential Collapse of Fish Stocks in a Developing Fishery
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available on loan from the National Sea Grant Library
Evans, G.T.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Vol. 1, pp. 127-133,
1981 WHOI-R-81-011
In developing a fishery on a stock whose surplus production is governed
by a logistic or similar growth law, a policy of steadily increasing
the fishing quota and watching the stock carefully is likely to
lead to overfishing; at the time of greatest danger, there are no
warning signs. Increasing the nominal effort for a schooling fish
stock has similar problems. A policy of steadily increasing the
fishing mortality, although more difficult to implement, runs less
risk of overfishing. This paper discusses possible problems with
developing fisheries using management strategies that rely on quota
or effort regulation, problems that could lead to overexploitation
no matter how carefully the fish stock is monitored.
Bibliography of Socio-economic Studies: Fisheries of the
Northeast United States
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available on loan from the National Sea Grant Library
Ladner, R., L.J. Smith, S. Peterson, and J. Wilson
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report WHOI-81-99,
50 pp., 1981 WHOI-L-81-002
Mexico's Marginal Inshore Pacific Fishing Cooperatives
McGoodwin, J.R.
Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 39-47, 1980 WHOI-R-81-025
Abstracts of Readings in Fisheries Management and Common
Property Resources
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available on loan from the National Sea Grant Library
Matsuda, Y.
1979 WHOI-T-79-002
Fisheries Policy and the Underdevelopment of Inshore Pacific
Mexico
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McGoodwin, J.R.
1979 WHOI-T-79-004
Pelagic Shark Fishing in Rural Mexico: A Context for Co-operative
Action
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McGoodwin, J.R.
1979 WHOI-R-79-015
The Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976
Kelly, J.E.
1978 WHOI-R-78-001
The "Public Face" of the New England Regional
Fishery Council: Year 1
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available on loan from the National Sea Grant Library
Smith, M.E.
1978 WHOI-T-78-002
The Massachusetts Lobster Fishery: Model Legislation and
Management Plans
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Peterson, S.B. and J.M. Friedman
1977 WHOI-T-77-002
The New England Fishing Industry: A Basis for Management
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Smith, L.J. and S.B. Peterson
1977 WHOI-T-77-004
Fisheries Law: Unilateral or Multilateral Formulation
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Graham, N.W.
1976 WHOI-T-76-008
Salmon Management: Myths and Magic
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Power, G.
1973 WHOI-R-73-002
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