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Dybas, Cheryl Lyn (1997). Appetite for Slow-Reproducing Fish Breeds Worry
Over Stocks. The Washington Post, October 27, 4 pp.
The grenadier, a deep sea, slow growing fish for which little biological
information exists, off the coast of California may be overfished and is
causing concern amongst fishermen and biologists.
Dyer, Christopher L. and Richard L. Leard (1992). "Folk Management in
the Oyster Fishery of the United States Gulf of Mexico."
Forthcoming: American Anthropologist.
This paper proposes folk management as cultural practices having a
conservative function in fishery management. Folk management is defined and
described and its role in the management of oysters in the U.S. Gulf of
Mexico discussed. The sociocultural impact of folk management on oyster
management within the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Oystering communities within these states are described as natural resource
communities (NRCs) and the application of folk management concepts is
discussed with recognition of the unique nature of NRCs that has facilitated
the development of user assisted management or comanagement.
Dyer, Christopher L. and Mark Moberg (1992). "The 'Moral Economy' of
Resistance: Turtle Excluder Devices and Gulf of Mexico Shrimp
Fishermen." Forthcoming: Marine Anthropological Studies.
This article examines how shrimp fishermen in two communities on the
Gulf of Mexico have responded to federal regulations requiring the use of
Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) on shrimp trawlers. Coming at a time of
contraction in the fishery due to low producer prices and high operating
costs, TED regulations have engendered intense opposition in many areas.
Resistance to TEDs stems from shrimpers' perception that the regulations are
an unjust threat to their livelihoods. Such beliefs are not unlike those
underlying other spontaneous resistance movements, such as agrarian uprisings
of the poor and dispossessed. Recommendations for alternatives are made that
would provide incentives for conservation while lessening the economic
hardship of shrimpers and their families.
Dyer, Christopher L., Duane A. Gill, and J. Steven Picou (1992).
"Social Disruption and the Valdez Oil Spill: Alaskan Natives in a
Natural Resource Community." Sociological Spectrum, 12:105-126.
This study presents a conceptual model for examining the social impacts
of the Valdez oil spill on natural resource dependent communities. Data on
social and subsistence disruption experienced by Alaskan natives are analyzed
for two time periods: 1989 and 1990. The results reveal substantial
uncertainty and disruption, with indications of changing patterns for long
term social impacts. The study concludes with recommendations for restoration
and recovery suggested from the results of our data analysis and the natural
resource community model.
Eales, James and James E. Wilen (1986). "An Examination of Fishing
Location Choice in the Pink Shrimp Fishery." Marine Resource
Economics, 2(4):331-351.
This article analyzes fishing location choices made by pink shrimp
(Pandalus jordani) fishermen fishing off the coast of northern California.
Data were gathered for 17 commercial vessels making 3000 net sets over a
season. A simple multiple choice logit model was used to examine whether
recent information on success in various regions aids in explaining location
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