Fishing Grounds

ISLAND PRESSISBN: 9781559638043

Defining A New Era For American Fisheries Management

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By Economic The H. John Heinz III Center for Science
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256

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Preface
Origin of the Book
Stakeholder Voices
Book Scope and Structure
Acknowledgments
 
PART I. Introduction and Overview
Chapter 1. U.S. Fisheries Today
-Types of Fisheries 
-Processing, Trade, and Consumption
-Fishery Management
-The Eight Fishery Management Regions
-Other Fishery Management Authorities
-The Status of U.S. Fisheries
-Conclusion
-Notes
 
PART II. The Past
Chapter 2. History of Federal Fishery Management
-1950s and 1960s: Pre-FCMA Decades
-1970s: The Fishery Conservation and Management Act
-1980s: The End of Expansion
-1990s: Contraction and Change
-Conclusion
-In Their Own Words
-Notes
 
PART III. The Present
Chapter 3. Assessing Fishery Productivity
-What Is Productivity?
-Managing for Productivity
-Maintaining Productivity Over Time
-Lost Opportunities
-Conclusion
-In Their Own Words
-Notes
 
Chapter 4. Owning Fishery Resources
-Expanding Public Interests
-Public Disinterest
-Returns to the Public
-Private Matters and Public Interests
-Ideas About Rights-Based Management
-Conclusion
-In Their Own Words
-Notes
 
Chapter 5. Managing Fisheries 
-Who's in Charge? 
-Expectations for Management 
-Outcomes 
-Checks, Balances, and Monkey Wrenches 
-Conclusion 
-In Their Own Words 
-Notes
 
Chapter 6. Creating Incentives
-The Ideal and the Actual
-Maintain Healthy Fisheries
-Make Responsible Decisions
-Take the Long View
-Participate Responsibly
-Conclusion
-In Their Own Words
-Notes
 
Chapter 7. Using Scientific Information
-Why Do We Need Science?
-Is the Science Adequate?
-How Is Scientific Information Used?
-Communicating Scientific Information
-Funding Science
-Cooperative Research
-Conclusion
-In Their Own Words
-Notes
 
Chapter 8. Evaluating Fishery Performance 
-Why Evaluate?
-Criteria and Objectives
-What Is Evaluated?
-Where Do We Go From Here?
-Conclusion
-In Their Own Words
-Notes
 
PART IV. The Future
Chapter 9. Looking Ahead
-Learning and Adapting
-Integrating Management Objectives
-Creating Expectations for Stewardship
-Maintaining Fishery Diversity
-Making the Transition
-Major Policy Choices and Reauthorization Issues
-Conclusion
-In Their Own Words
 
Appendix A: Program Participants
-Interview Sources
-Reviewers
 
Appendix B: Annotated Bibliography of Selected Literature on U.S.
-Marine Fishery Management
-Fishery Status and Management History
-Assessing Fishery Productivity
-Owning Fishery Resources
-Managing Fisheries
-Creating Incentives
-Using Scientific Information
-Evaluating Fishery Performance
-Looking Ahead
 
About the Authors
Index

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