Fisheries

FISHERIES

Carpenter, Betsy
What Price Dolphin? Scientists are reckoning the true cost of sparing an endearing mammal (PDF)
June 1994
"Six years ago, when a heartbreaking video of dolphins thrashing in the net of a Panamanian tuna boat was flashed across television screens around the world, the solution for once seemed blessedly simple: Ban the fishing gear and practices that enmesh the sleek, endearing mammals along with yellowfin tuna." This article was first published in US News & World Report.

Childers, Hoyt
Mixed Blessings. Quotas down under: American fishermen get a firsthand look at New Zealand's management system
February 2007
"In 1986, New Zealand's Labor government introduced an individual transferable quota system to manage fisheries within its huge exclusive economic zone, one of the largest in the world ... For 20 years, New Zealand's experiment has sparked robust debate within the U.S. fishing community."

Platt, Teresa
A Tuna Tale: Managing A Fishery to Increase Positives, Reduce Negatives
April 1996
"As farmers of the sea, fishermen use various equipment designed to harvest specific fish. ... A challenge for every fisherman is to design and use equipment and methods which selectively catch the target fish while minimizing non-targeted "bycatch" and discards." At the time of writing, the author was co-director of the San Diego-based Fishermen's Coalition.

Scott, Michael
The Tuna-Dolphin Controversy
August 1998
The author is a senior scientist with the Dolphin Programme of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. This article was first published in "Whalewatcher", a journal of the American Cetacean Society, and is reproduced with permission of the author.

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International
Food and Agriculture Organization Fisheries Technical Paper 339, A global assessment of fisheries bycatch and discards, 1994, reprinted 1996. (ISBN 92-5-103555-5)

Asia (East / Southeast)
Japan Fisheries Association

North America
American Fisheries Society (U.S.)

National Fisheries Institute (U.S.)

South America
Latin American Fishing Business Assoc. (ALEP)

Stolpe, Nils
Who, Us? An Examination of Who's Catching What in the World of Fishing
February 2005
"Ever since several Pew-funded researchers had the temerity to suggest that recreational angling could actually be detrimental to the health of fish stocks, recreational fishing advocates have been in a tizzy, vociferously proclaiming to anyone who will listen that 'it isn't us killing all the fish, it's those nasty netters'."

Stolpe, Nils
Saving Turtles? What Do These Organisations Really Want?
September 2004
"If you've been paying any attention at all to marine fisheries issues, you'll know that a handful of so-called environmental organizations have been making life miserable for just about every commercial fisherman for most of the past decade. ... Primarily funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, they have now turned their attention towards recreational fishing as well. ... Do these organizations, that it would be most comforting to assume were simply being run by out of touch zealots, have anything other than their particular up front fisheries-related goals in mind?"

Stolpe, Nils
Anatomy of an Anti-Fishing Campaign
May 1999
"In their latest assault, the anti-commercial fishing interests are attempting to equate the use of bottom-tending trawls and dredges to the supposed environmental catastrophe called timber clear-cutting," writes Stolpe, a fisheries consultant with the Garden State Fisheries Association. "Through the clever use of words and statistics, they are trying to make it appear as if fishing techniques which have been in use for generations are turning huge areas of sea floor into biological desert ..."

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FISHERIES Carpenter, Betsy What Price Dolphin? Scientists are reckoning the true cost of sparing an endearing mammal (PDF) June 1994 "Six years ago, when a heartbreaking video of dolphins thrashing in the net of a Panamanian tuna boat was flashed across television screens around the world, the solution for once seemed blessedly simple: Ban the fishing gear and practices that enmesh the sleek, endearing mammals along with yellowfin tuna." This article was first published in US News & World Report. Childers, Hoyt Mixed Blessings. Quotas down under: American fishermen get a firsthand look at New Zealand's management system February 2007 "In 1986, New Zealand's Labor government introduced an individual transferable quota system to manage fisheries within its huge exclusive economic zone, one of the largest in the world ... For 20 years, New Zealand's experiment has sparked robust debate within the U.S. fishing community." Platt, Teresa A Tuna Tale: Managing A Fishery to Increase Positives, Reduce Negatives April 1996 "As farmers of the sea, fishermen use various equipment designed to harvest specific fish. ... A challenge for every fisherman is to design and use equipment and methods which selectively catch the target fish while minimizing non-targeted "bycatch" and discards." At the time of writing, the author was co-director of the San Diego-based Fishermen's Coalition. Scott, Michael The Tuna-Dolphin Controversy August 1998 The author is a senior scientist with the Dolphin Programme of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. This article was first published in "Whalewatcher", a journal of the American Cetacean Society, and is reproduced with permission of the author.

		Select Fisheries Links For more links click here International Food and Agriculture Organization Fisheries Technical Paper 339, A global assessment of fisheries bycatch and discards, 1994, reprinted 1996. (ISBN 92-5-103555-5) Asia (East / Southeast) Japan Fisheries Association North America American Fisheries Society (U.S.) National Fisheries Institute (U.S.) South America Latin American Fishing Business Assoc. (ALEP)

Stolpe, Nils Who, Us? An Examination of Who's Catching What in the World of Fishing February 2005 "Ever since several Pew-funded researchers had the temerity to suggest that recreational angling could actually be detrimental to the health of fish stocks, recreational fishing advocates have been in a tizzy, vociferously proclaiming to anyone who will listen that 'it isn't us killing all the fish, it's those nasty netters'." Stolpe, Nils Saving Turtles? What Do These Organisations Really Want? September 2004 "If you've been paying any attention at all to marine fisheries issues, you'll know that a handful of so-called environmental organizations have been making life miserable for just about every commercial fisherman for most of the past decade. ... Primarily funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, they have now turned their attention towards recreational fishing as well. ... Do these organizations, that it would be most comforting to assume were simply being run by out of touch zealots, have anything other than their particular up front fisheries-related goals in mind?" Stolpe, Nils Anatomy of an Anti-Fishing Campaign May 1999 "In their latest assault, the anti-commercial fishing interests are attempting to equate the use of bottom-tending trawls and dredges to the supposed environmental catastrophe called timber clear-cutting," writes Stolpe, a fisheries consultant with the Garden State Fisheries Association. "Through the clever use of words and statistics, they are trying to make it appear as if fishing techniques which have been in use for generations are turning huge areas of sea floor into biological desert ..." Home