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Sharing the fish: toward a national policy on individual fishing quotas / Committee to Review Individual Fishing Quotas, Ocean Studies Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-309-06330-2 (casebound)
1. Fishery management—United States. 2. Fishery policy—United States. 3. Fishery management. 4. Fishery policy. I. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review Individual Fishing Quotas.
SH221.S47 S87 1999 98-58059
333.95'617—dc21
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COMMITTEE TO REVIEW INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTAS
JAN S. STEVENS (Chair),
California Department of Justice (retired), Sacramento
JOHN H. ANNALA,
Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington, New Zealand
JAMES H. COWAN, JR.,
University of South Alabama, Mobile
KEITH R. CRIDDLE,
Utah State University, Logan
WARD H. GOODENOUGH,
The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
SUSAN S. HANNA,
Oregon State University, Corvallis
ROGNVALDUR HANNESSON,
The Norwegian School of Economics and Business, Bergen, Norway
BONNIE J. MCCAY,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
MICHAEL K. ORBACH,
Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina
GISLI PALSSON,
University of Iceland, Reykjavik
ALISON RIESER,
University of Maine School of Law, Portland
DAVID B. SAMPSON,
Oregon State University, Newport
EDELLA C. SCHLAGER,
University of Arizona, Tucson
RICHARD E. STROBLE,
Merrill & Ring Corp., Seattle, Washington
THOMAS H. TIETENBERG,
Colby College, Waterville, Maine
Staff
EDWARD R. URBAN, JR., Study Director
GLENN G. MERRILL, Research Associate
JENNIFER WRIGHT, Senior Project Assistant
OCEAN STUDIES BOARD
KENNETH BRINK (Chair),
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts
ALICE ALLDREDGE,
University of California, Santa Barbara
DAVID BRADLEY,
Pennsylvania State University, State College
DANIEL BROMLEY,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
OTIS BROWN,
University of Miami, Florida
WILLIAM CURRY,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts
RANA FINE,
University of Miami, Florida
CARL FRIEHE,
University of California, Irvine
ROBERT B. GAGOSIAN,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts
JOHN E. HOBBIE,
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
EILEEN E. HOFMANN,
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
EDWARD HOUDE,
University of Maryland, Solomons
JOHN KNAUSS,
University of California, San Diego
ROBERT A. KNOX,
University of California, San Diego
RAY KRONE,
University of California, Davis
LOUIS J. LANZEROTTI,
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey
NANCY MARCUS,
Florida State University, Tallahassee
B. GREGORY MITCHELL,
University of California, San Diego
NEIL OPDYKE,
University of Florida, Gainesville
MICHAEL K. ORBACH,
Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina
TERRANCE J. QUINN,
University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Juneau
JAMES P. RAY,
Equilon Enterprises, LLC, Houston, Texas
GEORGE SOMERO,
Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California
PAUL STOFFA,
University of Texas, Austin
KARL K. TUREKIAN,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Staff
MORGAN GOPNIK, Director
EDWARD R. URBAN, JR., Senior Program Officer
DAN WALKER, Senior Program Officer
SUSAN ROBERTS, Program Officer
ROBIN MORRIS, Administrative Associate
GLENN G. MERRILL, Research Associate
SHARI MAGUIRE, Senior Project Assistant
LORA TAYLOR, Senior Project Assistant
JENNIFER WRIGHT, Senior Project Assistant
ANN CARLISLE, Project Assistant
COMMISSION ON GEOSCIENCES, ENVIRONMENT, AND RESOURCES
GEORGE M. HORNBERGER, (Chair),
University of Virginia, Charlottesville
PATRICK R. ATKINS,
Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
JERRY F. FRANKLIN,
University of Washington, Seattle
B. JOHN GARRICK,
PLG, Inc., Newport Beach, California
THOMAS E. GRAEDEL,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
DEBRA KNOPMAN,
Progressive Foundation, Washington, D.C.
KAI N. LEE,
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
JUDITH E. MCDOWELL,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts
RICHARD A. MESERVE,
Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.
HUGH C. MORRIS,
Canadian Global Change Program, Delta, British Columbia
RAYMOND A. PRICE,
Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario
H. RONALD PULLIAM,
University of Georgia, Athens
THOMAS C. SCHELLING,
University of Maryland, College Park
VICTORIA J. TSCHINKEL,
Landers and Parsons, Tallahassee, Florida
E-AN ZEN,
University of Maryland, College Park
MARY LOU ZOBACK,
United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
Staff
ROBERT M. HAMILTON, Executive Director
GREGORY H. SYMMES, Assistant Executive Director
JEANETTE SPOON, Administrative & Financial Officer
SANDI FITZPATRICK, Administrative Associate
MARQUITA SMITH, Administrative Assistant/Technology Analyst
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Acknowledgment of Reviewers
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC's Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the NRC in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their participation in the review of this report:
Robin Allen, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, San Diego, California
Paul Durrenberger, Pennsylvania State University, State College
Lewis Haldorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Kai N. Lee, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University, Bloomington
R. Bruce Rettig, Oregon State University, Corvallis
Joseph Sax, University of California, Berkeley
James Wilen, University of California, Davis
While the individuals listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, it must be emphasized that responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the NRC.
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Preface
The Ocean Studies Board (OSB) has provided advice to Congress and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on a variety of fishery issues in the past 6 years. In the area of stock assessments, committees of the OSB reviewed Atlantic bluefin tuna data and models (NRC, 1994) and more recently reviewed the NMFS assessments of groundfish stocks off New England (NRC, 1998b) and performed a broad review of fish stock assessment methods (NRC, 1998a). The OSB recently issued a report about how ecosystem principles can be used to sustain marine fisheries (NRC, 1999b) and is about to embark on a study of fisheries data (particularly for summer flounder stocks) at the request of Congress. OSB committees have reported not only on fisheries science issues, but also on matters of fishery management. Many of the features of the 1996 amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act were recommended in an OSB report (NRC, 1994). Finally, in the 1996 amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Act, Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to examine two types of quota programs used in U.S. fisheries management: community development quotas (NRC, 1999a) and the subject of this report, individual fishing quotas.
The committee wishes to thank the following individuals who provided comments to the committee at its meetings (many traveling at their own expense) or by mail and electronic mail:
Tom Able, Robert Allen, Tom Alspach, Bob Alverson, Phil Anderson, Wilma Anderson, Alan Austerman, Greg Baker, Chris Berns, David Berry, Will Bland, Bernie Bohn, Jay Brevik, Donald Brown, John Bruce, Jean Bumpus, Chuck Bundrant, John Bundy, Barry Callaghan, Dana Carros, Tom Casey, Freddie Christiansen, Gordon Colvin, George Conway, Scott Coughlin, Felix Cox, Will
Daspit, Laura Deach, Christopher Dewees, Alex Diaz, Al Didier, Niaz Dorey, Joe Easley, Michelle Eder, Sherry Egle, Penn Esterbrook, Dan Falvey, Lance Farr, John Finley, Jean Flemma, Barney Frank, James Franzel, Kaitilin Gaffney, Steve Ganney, Graciela Garcia-Moliner, John Gauvin, James Gilmore, Mike Gonzales, Carmine Gorga, Shari Gross, Richard Gutting, Peter Halmay, Dyan Hartill, Marcus Hartley, Lee Hilde, David Hillstrand, Ken Hinman, Paul Howard, Jake Jacobson, Ted Jenks, David Keifer, Andrew Kemmerer, Charlie King, Martha King, John Kingeter, George Kirk, Gunnar Knapp, Dave Krusa, Gerry Leape, Justin LeBlanc, Larry LeDoux, Fred Lentz, Jennifer Lincoln, Mike Lopez, Joe Macinko, Jerry Mackie, Roy Madsen, Gary Matlock, Thomas McCloy, Gerry Merrigan, Frank Miles, Joe Mills, Karl Moore, Rod Moore, Jere Murray, Chris Nelson, Jeanette Ness, Mike Nussman, Tom Oakey, Virginia Olney, James O'Malley, Brent Paine, Donna Parker, Clarence Pautzke, Patricia Phillips, Joseph Plesha, Sam Pooley, Gretchen Pullar, Mark Raphael, Jerry Ray, Steve Rebuck, Robin Reichers, Bill Robinson, Eddie Rose, Andrew Rosenberg, John Sanchez, Angela Sanfilippo, Jerry Sansom, Cynthia Sarthou, Jerry Schill, Peter Schonberg, Peter Shelley, Susan Shipman, Robert Shipp, Tamara Shrader, Kitty Simonds, Larry Six, Glen Spain, Kristin Stahl-Johnson, Barbara Stevenson, Patrick Sullivan, Toby Sullivan, Tom Suryan, Wayne Swingle, Robin Taylor, Mike Theirry, Arni Thompson, Peter Thompson, Daniel Tucker, Bruce Turris, Hector Vega, George Veneroso, David Walker, Robert Ward, John Warner, Donald Waters, Greg Waugh, John Webb, Rick Weber, Wayne Werner, Suzanne West, David Whaley, David Whitmire, and Kay Williams.
The committee could not have conducted this study without the diligence and interest of these individuals. The staff of the NMFS Restricted Access Management Division (Phil Smith, Jessica Gharrett), NMFS Alaska Region (Jay Ginter), the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (Elaine Dinneford, Ben Muse, Kurt Schelle), and the U.S. Coast Guard (LCDR Busch) were invaluable in providing data for the committee's analyses. The staffs of each regional council provided important documents for the committee's review, and most of the council executive directors made presentations at the committee's meetings.
Special thanks are deserved by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Advisory Panels set up by Congress to "assist in the preparation of the report." Lee Anderson and Beth Stewart were able chairs of the East and West Coast Panels, respectively. Amy Buss-Gautam was extremely helpful and creative as the NOAA coordinator for the panels. Members of the panels included Dick Allen, Ted Ames, Linda Behnken, Francis Christy, Harriett Didricksen, Dave Fraser, Rod Fujita, Walter Gordon, Tom Hill, Ralph Hoard, Doug Hopkins, John Iani, Jan Jacobs, Pete Jensen, Jim Kendall, Linda Kozak, Mark Lundsten, Miles Mackeness, Scott Matulich, Tom Morrison, Ben Muse, Howard Nickerson, Jim Ponts, Ken Roberts, Paul Seaton, David Wallace, Roy Williams, and Bob Zales II. The committee sincerely appreciated the panels'
willingness to meet with us twice. The panels' inputs were very helpful to the committee as it probed the difficult issues related to individual fishing quotas and alternative management methods.
Committee members deserve special thanks for the many weeks of time they volunteered to this task over the past year. Their product is remarkable for its breadth and perception. Special thanks are due to our able project assistant, Jennifer Wright, and to Glenn Merrill, whose work as research associate was insightful and diligent. Finally, the study director, Ed Urban, deserves plaudits for his diligence, patience, and diplomacy. Without his efforts and expertise, this report could never have been completed.
JAN S. STEVENS
CHAIR
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