Summary

Description

To fulfill National Standard 8 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Northwest Fisheries Science Center is collecting economic data in seven U.S. coastal communities. The data is collected via voluntary mail surveys of locally operated businesses and resident households. Data collected from these groups will focus on determining the impact of marine resources on local economies. The data will be used to construct regional economic models to analyze the economic impacts of fishery management alternatives, and to investigate the degree of economic dependence on marine resources in the respective communities. Household and business data collected from community economic survey