Sea Grant Law Center & MS/AL Sea Grant Legal Program
 

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• Limited Entry Fishing Regimes •

Publications Available:

The Law, Policy, and Politics of Gillnet Restrictions in the State Waters of the Gulf of Mexico, 9 St. Thomas Law Review 389 (1997).

Longlining Under Attack as Court, NMFS Initiate Closures, Water Log Issue 20-4 (2000).

NOAA Fisheries Implements List of Allowable Fisheries, Gear, Water Log Issue 20-1 (2000).

Red Snapper Fishery Tests License Limitation System, Water Log Issue 18-3 (1998).

Red Snapper Management Update, Water Log Issue 18-3 (1998).

The Red Snapper Fishery: High Stakes in Limited Entry, Water Log Issue 18-1 (1998).

Recreational Red Snapper Fishery Closed, Water Log Issue 17-4 (1997).

Recent declines in fish stocks and overcapitalization of fishing industries have placed an enormous burden on fisheries. Some resource managers and many fishermen believe that a necessary step to ensure sustainable stocks is the limitation of entry to fisheries. Allowing some persons into a fishery while restricting others raises important legal and public policy issues.

Legal Program attorneys are reviewing limited entry regimes as they have been implemented, and might continue to be used in the Gulf of Mexico and especially in the Red Snapper fishery. They will examine of shortened seasons, individual transferable quotas, and gear restrictions in addition to the methods for implementing limited entry measures. The results of this research and analysis will be presented in the form of a law journal article, as well as in report form to interested regulatory industry and citizen stakeholders.

  

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