The Use of Limited Access Privilege Programs in Mixed-Use Fisheries

by Division on Earth and Life Studies, Ocean Studies Board, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, et al.

A central goal of U.S. fisheries management is to control the exploitation of fish populations so that fisheries remain biologically productive, economically valuable, and socially equitable. Although the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act led to many improvements, a number of fish populations remained overfished and some fisheries were considered economically inefficient. In response, Congress amended the Act in 2006 to allow...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030967297X
• ISBN13: 9780309672979
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 204 Pages