The Spot Prawn Fishery: A Status Report - Earth Economics

Existing Management and Regulatory Systems...........................32
Management Issues and Concerns.............................................35
OREGON SPOT PRAWN FISHERY ...........................................................................35
Biological Status of Spot Prawns.................................................35
History of the Fishery ................................................................36
Nature of the Fishery Today .......................................................36
Existing Management and Regulatory Systems...........................36
Management Issues and Concerns.............................................37
CALIFORNIA SPOT PRAWN FISHERY ......................................................................38
Biological Status of Spot Prawns.................................................38
History of the Fishery ................................................................38
Nature of the Fishery Today .......................................................39
Landings, Landed Values, and Markets........................................41
Existing Management and Regulatory Systems...........................42
Management Issues and Concerns.............................................42
RECOMMENDATIONS ..............................................................................................45
Approach of the Recommendations ...........................................45
Ecological Sustainability and Scale of the Fishery.........................45
Fair Distribution—Democracy in Regulation and
Management ............................................................................52
Economic Efficiency ..................................................................55
WHERE TO FROM HERE ...........................................................................................56
REFERENCES.............................................................................................................57
CONTACTS AND INTERVIEWEES .............................................................................61