tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896836091935734799.post222145051844819606..comments2024-03-15T08:52:03.058-04:00Comments on ONE ANGLER'S VOYAGE: FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES TO HARD QUOTAS?Charles Witekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752632941300366580noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896836091935734799.post-81087043971625637672016-05-04T07:11:03.578-04:002016-05-04T07:11:03.578-04:00Thanks for the comment, and my apologies for the i...Thanks for the comment, and my apologies for the imprecision. My thoughts were focused on groundfish, and I didn't even consider other NEFMC-managed species.<br /><br />However, your comment reinforces the point of my essay. Herring are subject to hard-poundage quotas, and the stock remains relatively healthy (I confess to inowing nothing about the red crab fishery). And if hard quotas were once in place for groundfish, whether or not such quotas would meet the standards of today's law, removing them was certainly one step toward the decline of so many groundfish stocks, and the problems that we face today.Charles Witekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752632941300366580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896836091935734799.post-75045968307983966292016-05-03T17:20:16.519-04:002016-05-03T17:20:16.519-04:00You wwrote: "The New England Fishery Manageme...You wwrote: "The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) refused to impose hard poundage quotas on any fishery under its jurisdiction until compelled to do so by language contained in the 2006 reauthorization of the MSA."<br /><br />This is not accurate. The NEFMC adopted a hard quota for Atlantic herring in the late 90s and for Deep Sea Red Crab in 2002. It adopted hard quotas on several groundfish stocks in the late 1970s, but these were later removed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com