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Catch Shares

Catch Shares . Working for fish and fishermen. Getting our foundations right…. Why do we fish?. With increasing demand comes increasing numbers of fishers…. Cod ( Gadus morhua ) Important fishery since 800 A.D . A story that repeats itself all over the world….

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Catch Shares

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  1. Catch Shares • Working for fish and fishermen

  2. Getting our foundations right…

  3. Why do we fish?

  4. With increasing demand comes increasing numbers of fishers… Cod(Gadusmorhua) Importantfisherysince 800 A.D.

  5. A story that repeats itself all over the world… Worm B, Barbier EB, Beaumont N, Duffy JE, Folke C, Halpern BS, Jackson JBC, Lotze HK, Micheli F, Palumbi SR, Sala E, Selkoe KA, Stachowicz JJ, Watson R. 2006. Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services. Science. 314: 787-760.

  6. It’s not just about what we fish… but how we fish…

  7. Conventional Fishery Management • 3 Objectives: • Protectreproduction • Protecthabitat • Protectfishermen

  8. Current Problems in the Management of Marine FisheriesScience 22 June 2007: vol. 316 no. 5832 1713-1716

  9. Gearrestrictions Effortlimits SeasonalLimits Days-at-sea ... Catch limits Catch shares Management tools Certainty and Flexibility Uncertainty Command and Control Input Controls Spatial Controls Output Controls No Take Zone

  10. What are catch shares?

  11. Catch Shares are asystem of: • Rights • Responsibilities • Rewards

  12. Catch Shares Around the World

  13. Why do they work? • Fishermen have a real investment in sustainability. • Fishermen are held directly accountable to stay within the catch levels. • Fishermen and managers can customize design to meet specified goals.

  14. Catch Share Types Type Allocated to… Transferable? Individual Quota (IQ) No Individual Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) Yes Individual Individual Vessel Quota (IVQ) Vessel Sometimes Cooperative Group Sometimes Community Sometimes Community Fishing Quota (CFQ) Individual, Group or Community Area-based (TURF) Sometimes

  15. Results Fisheries with Catch Shares Fisheries without Catch Shares Costello, C.S., Gaines, S., and Lynham, J. (2008) Can catch shares preventfisheriescollapse? Science 321: 1678-1681

  16. D. Grimm et al. / Marine Policy 36 (2012) 644–657

  17. Results • Improve livelihoods. • Improve fishermen’s safety. • Increase product quality and revenue. • Keep fishermen within limits. • Improve biodiversity. • Reduce bycatch and waste. • Prevent fisheries and ecosystem collapse.

  18. Catch Shares and MSC Halibut Black Cod Spiny Lobster Hoki

  19. Catch Shares are not a magic wand, they still need: • Organization • Monitoring and enforcement • Sound Science • Participative approach and design • Sustainable financing

  20. What do successful catch shares have in common? • Secure • Exclusive • All sources • Scaled • Accountable • Limited • Transferable

  21. 7 Design Steps • Define Program Goals • Define and Quantify the Available Resource • Define Eligible Participants • Define the Privilege • Assign the Privilege • Develop Administrative Systems • Assess Performance and Innovate

  22. Questions?

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