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License Limitation in Alaska's Commercial Fisheries

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dc.contributor.author Twomley, Bruce en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:43:20Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:43:20Z
dc.date.issued 2003 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2007-07-08 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2007-07-08 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/2203
dc.description.abstract "The State of Alaska's license limitation program is an elaborate system of grandfather rights applied to limit fishing capacity in salmon and similar fisheries, characterized by individual owners and operators of fishing vessels coupled with additional regulatory constraints on fishing power (such as vessel size and gear restrictions). Although the State of Alaska has enhanced its program by providing for limits on individual fishing capacity, so far, the State has not acquired more flexible limitation tools (such as individual transferable fishing quotas). Despite the generally acknowledged necessity for limited entry and the overall effectiveness of Alaska's program, license limitation in Alaska remains controversial in large part due to the transferability for market value of the individual fishing rights the program creates. Alaska has applied this license limitation system to some 67 fisheries, making Alaska's license limitation program one of the largest of its kind in the world. Today international salmon farming threatens Alaska's traditional markets and world prices for salmon. The Alaska salmon industry and the State of Alaska are exploring options for restructuring Alaska's salmon industry to meet this aggressive challenge." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject IASC en_US
dc.subject fisheries en_US
dc.title License Limitation in Alaska's Commercial Fisheries en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en_US
dc.type.published unpublished en_US
dc.coverage.region North America en_US
dc.coverage.country United States en_US
dc.subject.sector Water Resource & Irrigation en_US
dc.identifier.citationconference Joining the Northern Commons: Lessons for the World, Lessons from the World en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdates August 17-21, 2003 en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfloc Anchorage, Alaska en_US
dc.submitter.email lwisen@indiana.edu en_US


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