annotated bibliography of fisheries economics literature - Office of ...

The ensuing debate about how best to restore the stocks to desirable levels
involves numerous technological, political, biological, and economic factors.
Among them are: 1) technological interaction in which shrimp gear
inadvertently harvests finfish; 2) management interaction between the shrimp
and other FMPs governing the harvest of finfish species; 3) competition
between commercial and recreational fishermen and among fishermen with
different gear types within each group; 4) economic trade-offs over time among
various harvesting groups and between different groups of consumers; 5) the
current uncertainty regarding whether or not the commercial management
structure will allow for an ITQ or similar management system; 6) a lack of
current biological information to determine the desirable size of some of the
finfish stocks and future yields; and 7) whether or not effort controls will
be placed on the recreational fishery. For all these reasons, the interaction
between the shrimp and finfish fisheries of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico
constitutes a management and economics problem that is controversial,
challenging, and, as yet unresolved in the case of most southeast finfish
stocks.
National Marine Fisheries Service (1998). Strategic Plan for Fisheries
Research. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, February, 58 pp.
This plan covers what we do now and how we expect to improve it. It
relies primarily on the current NMFS budget and strives to maximize benefits.
National Marine Fisheries Service (1998). Fisheries Research Vessels:
Planning for the Future. Draft, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, March, 12 pp.
The National Marine Fisheries Service research vessel fleet plan and its
rationale.
National Marine Fisheries Service (1999). "Our Living Oceans." NOAA
Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-41, June, 301 pp.
This report is a status review of U.S. living marine resources that have
commercial, recreational, and ecological significance. The report is broken
down into a national overview, a set of feature articles on the precautionary
approach to fisheries management, New England groundfish, and Gulf of Mexico
King mackerel, and a review of living marine resources in the five distinct
regions reflecting the Northeast Atlantic, Southeast Atlantic and Gulf of
Mexico, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands, and Alaska.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1994). "Interpretation
of the U.S. National Research Council's Report on An Assessment of
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna." ICCAT Working Document, SCRS/94/151, U.S.
Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service, Office
of the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD.
NOAA believes that the assessment methods used by the National Research
Council have merit and should be pursued in future assessments.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1995). "Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary." Volumes 1 - 3, Sanctuaries and
Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, National Ocean Service, 1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4,
Silver Spring, MD.
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