In June, the Environmental Defense Fund considered a critique of privatized fisheries — a goal of EDF — by Ecotrust Canada and found that the two organizations generally agree.
It was a conclusion Ecotrust Canada did not share.
EDF’s Johanna Thomas wrote in an Environmental Defense Fund blog that she "just read ‘A Cautionary Tale About ITQs in BC Fisheries’ by Ecotrust Canada.
"What struck me most is that we seem to be moving beyond the debate about whether catch shares provide conservation benefits. It’s clear that they do.
Read the complete story at The Gloucester Daily Times.
See also: Study cautions against repeating mistakes of B.C.’s speculative fishing quota markets.