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James E. Wilen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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employment and remuneration effects of ifqs in the bering sea aleutian islands Crab Fisheries
Marine Resource Economics, 2010Co-Authors: Joshua K. Abbott, Brian Garberyonts, James E. WilenAbstract:AbstractThis article utilizes a census of vessels before and after implementation of catch shares in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Island (BSAI) Crab Fisheries to examine the short-run effects of catch shares on employment and remuneration of crew. The number of individuals employed declined proportionately to the exit of vessels following implementation. Total crew hours dedicated to fishing activities remained roughly constant, while employment in redundant pre- and post-season activities declined due to the consolidation of quota on fewer vessels. We find little evidence of substantial changes in the share contracts used to compensate fishermen. Finally, we explore a wide array of remuneration measures for crew and conclude that both seasonal and daily employment remuneration increased substantially for many crew in the post-rationalization fishery, while remuneration per unit of landings declined as a result of a combination of increased crew productivity and the necessity of paying for fishing quota in the...
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Employment and Remuneration Effects of IFQs in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab Fisheries
Marine Resource Economics, 2010Co-Authors: Joshua K. Abbott, Brian Garber-yonts, James E. WilenAbstract:AbstractThis article utilizes a census of vessels before and after implementation of catch shares in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Island (BSAI) Crab Fisheries to examine the short-run effects of catch shares on employment and remuneration of crew. The number of individuals employed declined proportionately to the exit of vessels following implementation. Total crew hours dedicated to fishing activities remained roughly constant, while employment in redundant pre- and post-season activities declined due to the consolidation of quota on fewer vessels. We find little evidence of substantial changes in the share contracts used to compensate fishermen. Finally, we explore a wide array of remuneration measures for crew and conclude that both seasonal and daily employment remuneration increased substantially for many crew in the post-rationalization fishery, while remuneration per unit of landings declined as a result of a combination of increased crew productivity and the necessity of paying for fishing quota in the...
B Sainte-marie - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Comment — An improved link between industry, management and science: review of case history of the southwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence snow Crab fisher
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 1997Co-Authors: B Sainte-marieAbstract:A recent review by Loch et al. (1995) portrayed the snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) exploitation in the southwestern Gulf of Saint Lawrence (eastern Canada) as an exemplary fishery. Industry involvement, better management practices, a unique method for evaluating exploitable biomass, and major insights into the biology of C. opilio were said to have contributed to rebuilding this snow Crab stock after a 1987–1989 fishery collapse. I am compelled to reply to Loch and co-authors for two reasons. First, their review contains several unsubstantiated claims and is based on incomplete citation of literature. My commentary addresses only those scientific issues that are critical to resource management and conservation, drawing on information and literature available to the authors in 1994. Second, their review leaves the impression that directed human intervention was a major factor in the increase of the snow Crab stock of the southwestern Gulf. While applauding recent advances in science and management, I point out that other snow Crab Fisheries in eastern Canada also declined between 1985 and 1989 and since then have fared just as well as the snow Crab fishery in the southwestern Gulf. This may to a large extent reflect the effects of natural population fluctuations and of environmental change on the levels of fishery recruitment, rather than the effects of regional exploitation and management initiatives.
B Saintemarie - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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comment an improved link between industry management and science review of case history of the southwestern gulf of st lawrence snow Crab fisher
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 1997Co-Authors: B SaintemarieAbstract:A recent review by Loch et al. (1995) portrayed the snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) exploitation in the southwestern Gulf of Saint Lawrence (eastern Canada) as an exemplary fishery. Industry involvement, better management practices, a unique method for evaluating exploitable biomass, and major insights into the biology of C. opilio were said to have contributed to rebuilding this snow Crab stock after a 1987–1989 fishery collapse. I am compelled to reply to Loch and co-authors for two reasons. First, their review contains several unsubstantiated claims and is based on incomplete citation of literature. My commentary addresses only those scientific issues that are critical to resource management and conservation, drawing on information and literature available to the authors in 1994. Second, their review leaves the impression that directed human intervention was a major factor in the increase of the snow Crab stock of the southwestern Gulf. While applauding recent advances in science and management, I point out that other snow Crab Fisheries in eastern Canada also declined between 1985 and 1989 and since then have fared just as well as the snow Crab fishery in the southwestern Gulf. This may to a large extent reflect the effects of natural population fluctuations and of environmental change on the levels of fishery recruitment, rather than the effects of regional exploitation and management initiatives.
Mark Fina - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Rationalization of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Fisheries
Marine Policy, 2005Co-Authors: Mark FinaAbstract:In recent years, overcapacity in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Fisheries has resulted in a dangerous race for Crab. This paper examines a unique management program developed by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council intended to alleviate these problems, while accommodating a variety of stakeholders dependent on the Fisheries. The discussion concludes by identifying some of the most substantial hurdles that the program must overcome to succeed and some characteristics of the Fisheries that contribute to the potential to overcome these obstacles.
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Can a novel management plan for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Fisheries succeed
2003Co-Authors: Mark FinaAbstract:Since their inception, Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Crab Fisheries have attracted participants willing to undertake great financial and personal risks to participate in these high valued Fisheries. Although entry to the Fisheries is limited, excess capital and overcapacity, together with stock declines, have resulted in a race for fish. The shortest season is in the Bristol Bay red king Crab fishery, which has been prosecuted for less than one week in recent years. Efforts of managers to protect declining stocks by reducing allowable catch have increased the economic stress on participants and communities that depend on these Fisheries and increased pressure on participants to take greater risks. For several years, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council worked with participants to address these problems in the Crab Fisheries through series of working groups and management measures. In 2001, Congress stepped in, directing the Council to assess various rationalization programs for the Fisheries, including individual fishing quotas (IFQs), processor shares, cooperatives, and quotas held by communities. The outcome of the Council process is a new and unique management program selected by a unanimous vote of the North Pacific Council. The program reflects the Council's desire to accommodate the interests of several groups dependent on these Fisheries-vessel owners, processors, captains and crew, and communities. Under the program, harvest quota shares (QS) will be issued to vessel owners and captains. Processors will be issued processing quota shares. Under these allocations, 90 percent of harvest quota shares are designated for delivery to holders of processing quota shares. Community interests are protected by a requirement that a certain portion of the catch be landed and processed in designated regions. An arbitration program is included to resolve price disputes, which could arise because of the constraints on markets created by the dual share allocations. The result of the Council's action is one of the most complex fishery management programs to date. The attempt to satisfy many interests creates significant hurdles that must be overcome for the program to succeed economically and environmentally. This paper describes key dimensions of the proposed Crab fishery management program and identifies the most substantial hurdles that the program must overcome for the Council to judge it a successful management program for the Fisheries. First, managers will be challenged by program implementation. Implementation will require initial allocations of harvesting shares to vessel owners and captains and processing shares to processors. Most shares will be regionally designated based on the participant's landings history. Second, managers will face the challenge of protecting stocks as the incentives to high grade increase in the share-based fishery. Third, the markets for the harvest shares, captains shares, and processing shares must develop in a manner that facilitates coordination of harvesting and processing activity required by the share system and the regional landing and processing requirements. Lastly, market opportunities for harvest landings will be constrained by the requirement that deliveries be made to a processing share holder in a designated region. For the program to be considered a success, price formation in the market for landings must be perceived as fair. Each of these issues is described in a manner that provides the reader with a perspective of the institutional challenges faced by a program that attempts to address the concerns of several different interests. In addition, characteristics of the Fisheries that contribute to the potential to overcome these obstacles are discussed.
Joshua K. Abbott - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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employment and remuneration effects of ifqs in the bering sea aleutian islands Crab Fisheries
Marine Resource Economics, 2010Co-Authors: Joshua K. Abbott, Brian Garberyonts, James E. WilenAbstract:AbstractThis article utilizes a census of vessels before and after implementation of catch shares in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Island (BSAI) Crab Fisheries to examine the short-run effects of catch shares on employment and remuneration of crew. The number of individuals employed declined proportionately to the exit of vessels following implementation. Total crew hours dedicated to fishing activities remained roughly constant, while employment in redundant pre- and post-season activities declined due to the consolidation of quota on fewer vessels. We find little evidence of substantial changes in the share contracts used to compensate fishermen. Finally, we explore a wide array of remuneration measures for crew and conclude that both seasonal and daily employment remuneration increased substantially for many crew in the post-rationalization fishery, while remuneration per unit of landings declined as a result of a combination of increased crew productivity and the necessity of paying for fishing quota in the...
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Employment and Remuneration Effects of IFQs in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab Fisheries
Marine Resource Economics, 2010Co-Authors: Joshua K. Abbott, Brian Garber-yonts, James E. WilenAbstract:AbstractThis article utilizes a census of vessels before and after implementation of catch shares in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Island (BSAI) Crab Fisheries to examine the short-run effects of catch shares on employment and remuneration of crew. The number of individuals employed declined proportionately to the exit of vessels following implementation. Total crew hours dedicated to fishing activities remained roughly constant, while employment in redundant pre- and post-season activities declined due to the consolidation of quota on fewer vessels. We find little evidence of substantial changes in the share contracts used to compensate fishermen. Finally, we explore a wide array of remuneration measures for crew and conclude that both seasonal and daily employment remuneration increased substantially for many crew in the post-rationalization fishery, while remuneration per unit of landings declined as a result of a combination of increased crew productivity and the necessity of paying for fishing quota in the...
