Datasets / Social Cultural Data (Social Impacts of Catch Shares in the West Coast Groundfish Fishery)


Social Cultural Data (Social Impacts of Catch Shares in the West Coast Groundfish Fishery)

Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Issued about 9 years ago

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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a set of related datasets

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

Catch shares are one method of catch allocation utilized by fisheries managers in the United States West Coast groundfish fishery. Catch share management results in social impacts to affected fishing communities. It is important to document and understand these social impacts in order to account for their effects during fishery management decision-making. Social cultural impact of catch share programs