And analysing new federal government data, the report, entitled A Closer Look at Catch Shares in the United States: The Gulf of Mexico, claims to reveal that Gulf fisheries managed under one controversial programme have seen significant industry consolidation and job losses and that certain catch shares programmes have failed to meet ecological goals.

The report came a day after congressional sponsors of a bill to continue a recently enacted ban on new catch share programmes along the east coast and Gulf of Mexico confirmed that Congress had reached an agreement to kill the vote.

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