Catch shares for whales? Scientists' protection proposal stirs firestorm
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Writing in the latest issue of "Nature," a trio of scientists — two of whom are associated with NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco's longtime advocacy for catch share fisheries — have proposed a similar "catch and trade" allocation policy to help bring to an end commercial whaling.
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Accidents highlight risks for Antarctic fishery
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Environmental campaigners are again calling for a clampdown on fishing
in one of the world’s most remote and untouched oceans after two ships
suffered serious accidents in the icy waters. The accidents — in which a
number of crew are believed to have died — carry a pollution risk as
well as raising questions over whether any fishing should be allowed in
the Ross Sea, near Antarctica.
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What if whale lovers could buy whale hunters’ permits?
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A new proposal by three academics aims to end a deadlock over whaling - a decades-long argument pitting “whaling is wrong’’ against “you have no right to end our cultural tradition.’’
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Seals blamed for lack of cod recovery
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A huge seal population is preventing cod stocks from rebounding off Nova Scotia, two former directors of science at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography say.
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EDF / Redstone Group Studies Effects of Catch Shares
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In a study of all major United States federal catch share fisheries and associated shared stock fisheries in British Columbia, catch shares result in environmental improvements, economic improvements, and a mixture of changes in social performance, relative to the race for fish under traditional management. Environmentally, compliance with total allowable catch increases and discards decrease.
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