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Overcoming Hurdles to IFQs in U.S. Fisheries
By Donald R. Leal, Michael De Alessi, and Peter M. Emerson For decades, U.S. federal fisheries policy has relied solely on direct regulations to prevent overfishing. Such an approach has not eliminated overfishing, nor has it prevented the enormous waste and hazard of fishing under a destructive race for fish. The good news is thatContinue reading “Overcoming Hurdles to IFQs in U.S. Fisheries”
The Lure Of The Jungle
Slash-and-burn agriculture has long been a way of life for farmers living in forested areas of the Dominican Republic. Maltiano Moreta, president of the Ecological Society, noticed that the steady destruction of forests near Cachote was also eradicating habitat for endemic bird species such as the Hispaniolan parakeet, parrot, and trogon. He persuaded local farmersContinue reading “The Lure Of The Jungle”
Saving Salmon the American Indian Way
This Policy Series challenges a popular romantic myth—the idea that Native Americans had little regard for property rights. The experience of Native American salmon fishing off the northwestern coast of the United States and the southwestern coast of Canada refutes this notion.
Shark Haven
The world’s largest fish has found a safe haven in the waters surrounding a tiny Caribbean island. Two environmental groups have purchased the 5-acre Little Water Caye Island off the southern coast of Belize and will manage the surrounding waters as a protected area for the reclusive whale shark. Conservation International, based in Washington, DC,Continue reading “Shark Haven”
Undamming Wins Praise
Wisconsin leads the way in deconstructing dams that obstruct its many rivers.
How to Protect People and Wildlife in Kenya
The director of the Inter Region Economic Network (IREN) in Nairobi discusses the problems with government control of wildlife in Kenya
Restoring Harmony in the Klamath Basin
Restoring Harmony in the Klamath Basin explains how this conflict developed and offers a solution—markets in water. Written by Roger Meiners and Lea-Rachel Kosnik, this paper persuasively argues that clarification of property rights to water is fundamental to ending the crisis.
Individual Fishing Quotas:
Last week, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council announced it will prohibit fishing in major sectors of the groundfish fishery along the Pacific Coast. Donald Leal explains how individual fishing quotas (IFQs) can solve the overfishing dilemma.
Fencing the Fishery
How rights-based fishing policies can reduce the costly and destructive race to fish.