Making Cooperative Research Work: A Move to Collaborative Salmon Management and Research on the West Coast of British Columbia

摘要

In Canada, wild Pacific salmon are managed as a common property resource through licence access and catch sharing between sectors through an allocation policy. Alternate management strategies are being considered and may include more defined shares and a greater sense of ownership, combined with increased responsibility by harvesters for management and research. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) funds most of the costs of management and research in the salmon fishery, but with shrinking government budgets, harvesters are being asked to take on a greater role, including funding management and research.