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Saving Ocean Fisheries With Property Rights

  • Donald Leal
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    Fishermen earn their living by competing with every other fisherman on the ocean for the most fish. The result has been overfishing, collapsed fisheries, and life threatening work conditions. Boat captain Mark Lundsten describes his own experience on the Bering Sea. Today, many fisheries have adopted “catch shares,” a program that gives fishermen ownership in the resource. With individual tradeable quotas, they have become better stewards of the fishery and learned to manage their shares for a productive and sustainable future. Once a skeptic, Mark became an advocate of catch shares and explains how they changed his life as a fisherman.

    A PERC PRODUCTION
    PROPERTY AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH CENTER
    Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A
    live-perc-wp.pantheonsite.io

    Producer
    LINDA PLATTS

    Director
    VANESSA WORKMAN
    www.vanessaworkman.com

    Narrator
    MICHELLE BROWN
    www.michellembrown.com

    Script
    LINDA PLATTS

    Director of Photography
    VANESSA WORKMAN

    Post-production
    Color-correction
    Animation
    VANESSA WORKMAN

    Featuring (by order of appearance)

    MARK LUNDSTEN
    DON LEAL
    KATE BONZON
    GENEVIEVE KULASKI
    TERRY ANDERSON
    SHARIE RUCKER
    RONALD BAILEY
    REED WATSON
    WILLIAM DENNIS
    TODD GRAHAM
    BRANDON SCARBOROUGH
    KATHY VIATELLA

    ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE
    “Gravina, Of Queen Anne Charters” Produced by FILDAGO FILMS, Executive Producer, Mark Lundsten. Bristish Columbia, Alaska, 2007.
    “The Night of the Guano” Produced by QUEEN ANNE FISHERIES and MASONIC OFFSHORE STUDIOS, Mark Lundsten, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, 1997.

    STILLS
    “Catch Shares Fish Pie” courtesy of EDF The Environmental Defense Fund
    “Catch Shares in the World” Map courtesy of EDF The Environmental Defense Fund
    “Catch Shares Country list” courtesy of EDF The Environmental Defense Fund
    “Catch Shares in the U.S.” courtesy of NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    SOUNDTRACKS
    “Science Fiction” from the Hollywood Soundtracks Volume 1 of Partners In Rhyme
    “Compete for Glory” from the Motivation Collection of Partners In Rhyme
    www.partnersinrhyme.com

    INTERVIEW LOCATIONS
    Anacortes, Washington
    San Francisco, California
    Lincoln and Bozeman, Montana

    SPECIAL THANKS TO
    Don Leal
    Mark Lundsten
    Kate Bonzon
    Jennifer Witherspoon
    Daniel McKenzie
    Michelle Bresnahan

    © PERC, 2011

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