Do Active Participation Measures Help Fishermen Retain Fishing Privileges?

Marysia Szymkowiak (1) , Amber Himes-Cornell (2, 3)

1 NMFS - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
2 AFSC - Alaska Fisheries Science Center
3 AMURE - Aménagement des Usages des Ressources et des Espaces marins et littoraux - Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer

In numerous fisheries management programs, managers have implemented measures to ensure that the benefits of the fishery accrue to those who are actively fishing. Although active participation measures are common in fisheries management, there has been limited research on these measures. This study highlights the variety of objectives that motivate the development of active participation measures and how they have been implemented. We examine the application of these measures in four case study fisheries management programsthe Alaska Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota, the Pacific Coast Sablefish Permit Stacking, the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization, and the Alaska State Limited Entry programsand, based on the experiences in these programs, provide recommendations for instituting active participation measures in other management programs.

Mots clés: active participation; catch shares; fisheries; leasing; owner-on-board

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement

Marysia Szymkowiak, Amber Himes-Cornell. Do Active Participation Measures Help Fishermen Retain Fishing Privileges?. Coastal Management, 2017, 45 (1), pp.56-72. ⟨10.1080/08920753.2017.1237243⟩. ⟨hal-02149950⟩