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the economics of the surf clam and ocean quahog fisheries under ITQ s.
McCay, Bonnie J. and Carolyn F. Creed (1987). "Crews and Labor in the
Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fleet of the Mid-Atlantic Region." A
Report to the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council,
Department of Human Ecology, Cook College, Rutgers University,
P.O. Box 231, New Brunswick, NJ, October.
The purpose of this study is to examine the recent history of employment
in the harvesting sector of the surf clam and ocean quahog industry to improve
the basis for predicting how future regulatory measures may affect labor.
McCay, Bonnie J. and Carolyn F. Creed (1990). "Social and Cultural
Aspects of Regulation in the Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog
Fisheries." New Jersey Sea Grant Technical Report, RSE-1.
The Mid-Atlantic surf clam fishery is the only example on the east coast
of the United States of a "limited entry" marine fishery. Since 1977, it has
been managed with a moratorium on the number of vessels plus quotas and effort
limitations. This study investigated the socio-economic impacts of limited
entry and related management measures (including restricted fishing time) in
the surf clam fishery and the closely related ocean quahog fishery. It also
investigated the social and cultural dimensions of the management process
leading, at the end of this study period, to a decision to change from limited
entry to quasi-privatization through individual transferable quotas (ITQs).
McCay, Bonnie J. and Carolyn F. Creed (1990). "Social Structure and
Debates on Fisheries Management in the Atlantic Surf Clam
Fishery." Ocean and Shoreline Management, 13:199-229.
The surf clam fishery of the mid-Atlantic experienced a sharp decline in
resources in the mid-1970's and impressive increase in clam populations by the
mid-1980's. Public response to the former, triggered by a severe anoxic
condition and near disaster in 1976, was to impose strict regulations on the
fishing fleet and create limits on the number of vessels. Response to the
latter has been to impose even stricter regulations and to move toward a
privatized limited access regime. We show how social structure within the
fishing industry affects the management process.
McCay, Bonnie J., and Carolyn F. Creed (1994). "Individual Transferable
Quotas in Clams and Fish: A Comparative Analysis." C.M.
1994/T:20, Theme Session on Improving the Link Between Fisheries
Science and Management: Biological, Social, and Economic
Considerations, International Council for the Exploration of the
Sea, 82 nd Statutory Meeting, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada,
September, 9 pp.
Individual transferable quotas (ITQs) are widely advocated as ways to
rationalize overcapitalized and over exploited fisheries. Research on ITQs in
the U.S. federal surf clam and ocean quahog fishery and the Canadian
groundfish fishery for mobile gear under 65 feet in length in the Scotia-Fundy
region suggests a series of lessons about the introduction, acceptance, and
consequences of ITQs for fisheries management. Research is also underway on
the Western Newfoundland mobile gear ITQ fishery and on the Eastern
Newfoundland crab fishery, among the many that have not been converted to
ITQs. This paper reports solely on the comparison between the U.S. clam
fishery and the Scotia-Fundy groundfish fishery.
McCay, Bonnie J. and Jonathan S. O Neil (1998).
Social and Economic
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