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The management strategies in these two areas are the same. Area closures have
been implemented in the Gulf of Mexico and are being considered in the south
Atlantic region. The motivation for these closures is, however, different for
the Gulf and south Atlantic regions. The purpose of the closure in the Gulf
is to increase total revenue to the fishery on an annual basis. The closure
in the south Atlantic is being developed to provide better recruitment to the
fishery in years when environmental conditions are expected to severely reduce
recruitment the following year.
Poffenberger, John R. (1996). Comments on Shrimp Amendment 9 Regulatory
Impact Review. Letter to Brad Brown, Director, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Center, Miami, FL.
Comments on the regulatory impact review of proposed bycatch reduction
management regulations contain in shrimp amendment 9.
Poggie, John J., Jr., Robert B. Pollnac, and C. Van Dusen (1996).
"Intracultural Variability in the Cognition of Danger Among
Southern New England Fishers." Marine Resource Economics,
11(1):23-30.
The costs of the dangers of commercial fishing are very high, yet
fishing vessel safety regulations are frequently met with lack of enthusiasm
or even rejection by fisheries. Why would fishers reject regulations designed
to increase their safety? There is a strong possibility that some of the
rejection is the result of lack of cognitive sharing and communication between
originators of the regulations and the fishers for whom the regulations are
designed. This paper examines the pattern of cognition about danger of the
occupation among fishers and relates these patterns to sociocultural
differences in two southern New England ports. The intent of the study is to
help bridge the gap between regulators and users by providing culturally
appropriate information that can be used to design more effective policy,
training , and enforcement programs.
Poggie, John J., Jr., Robert B. Pollnac, and Miguel Fierro (1988).
"Factors Influencing the Success of Fishermen's Cooperatives in
Ecuador." Marine Resource Economics, 5(3):231-242.
The fishermen's cooperative is viewed by many as the ideal type of
organization for use in improving the welfare of fishermen in development
projects (cf. Meynell, 1984; Jentoft, 1986). Major development agencies such
as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World
Bank also advocate their use. For example, a review of World Bank fishery
projects between 1976 and 1981 indicated that 53% involved fishermen's
cooperatives (Pollnac, 1985). Judging from the relatively high failure rate
that appears to exist for this type of organization, however, it is clear that
their development is a difficult matter.
The success of fishermen's cooperatives depends on a large number of
factors as evidenced by the numerous variables identified in the literature
for local organizations in general (Esman and Uphoff, 1984) and fishermen's
organizations in particular (Poggie, 1980a; Meynell, 1984; Pollnac, 1988).
Pollnac (1985) identified no fewer than 21 important determinants of success
for fishermen's organizations, some of which are clusters of variables. It
appears, however, that there may be several important dimensions that underlie
the reported concomitants of the success and failure of fishermen's
organizations. As a means of furthering our understanding of these basic
dimensions, this study analyzes a number of items reported in the literature
to be associated with the success and failure of this type of organization.
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