Catch Shares: Problems in Fisheries Management

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Take Action Make sure you're able to know where your seafood comes from. Explore Further Fish Farming Oceans Policy & Fair Fish Oil Rigs and Fish Farms Desalination Fish Fighters Fair Fish Seafood Reports Newsletters ASA Press In The News Obama Administration Ignores Opposition From Fishermen and Others, Approves Destructive Fishery Management Plan for Gulf of Mexico Obama Administration Approves Harmful Privatization Plan for Managing Mid-Atlantic Fishery Food & Water Watch Criticizes Gulf Council Approval of Unfair Fish Management Plan More >> See all headlines >> See all headlines >> Help Us Grow	Catch Shares: Problems in Fisheries Management by Elissar Khalek — last modified 2009-11-06 12:23 Catch share fishery management programs — also commonly known as individual fishing/transferable quotas, rationalization or limited access privilege programs — can be used as a method to privatize access to fish. This means they can give control over catching fish to only a handful of private individuals or companies, who can then exclude others. Download this fact sheet Fact Sheets Cap-Rent-Recycle: Common Sense on Catch Shares Catch Shares: Problems in Fisheries Management Fair Fish: Fair Access to Fish BP’s Atlantis: Will It Cause a Catastrophic Accident in the Gulf of Mexico? Seafood Buying Guide more... Reports Land-Based Recirculating Aquaculture Systems — This report, Land-Based Recirculating Aquaculture ...

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