Fishing Grounds : defining a new era for American fisheries management /
The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment.
- First edition
- 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations.
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 lncentives -- Using Scientific Information -- Evaluating Fishery Performance -- Looking Ahead -- About the Authors -- Index.
English eng
9781597269155
Fishery management--United States. Fishery resources--United States. Fisheries--United States.