Goals and Concerns of Fishery Stakeholders in the Development of Catch Share Management in New England

摘要

Many concerns have arisen among stakeholders in New England fisheries about the design and implementation of catch share management. The purpose of this paper is to summarize and categorize the concerns that stakeholders expressed in a Sea Grant survey commissioned by EDF to facilitate joint problem-solving. In this report, we summarize and categorize stakeholder concerns as articulated in the survey and then offer a preliminary evaluation of the application of solutions based on experience from other catch share programs. These solutions can be introduced and vetted at appropriate times during the suggested participatory process. It should be noted that opinions concerning catch-shares seem to be changing rapidly among New England fishermen. Our survey was conducted from October 2009 through February 2010, and the results may not reflect current understandings. Nevertheless, the findings can represent a baseline to evaluate changes in opinions concerning catch-shares.