National oceans and fishing administrator Jane Lubchenco promoted "catch shares," the commodification of wild stock into negotiable rights, as the key to healthy future fisheries.
The topic and system of fishery management is at the top of the working agenda — at different stages of implementation and for different reasons — in both New England and Alaska.
Those regions also happen to be the bases for the two candidates for Lubchenco’s appointment to be chief steward of national fisheries, the position of National Marine Fisheries administrator.
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