DATE |
ACTIVITY |
MORE INFORMATION |
| August 11-12, 2009 |
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council |
Donald Leal of PERC made a presentation on “Evolving Approaches to Managing Marine
Recreational Fisheries.”
See the PowerPoint
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| April 24, 2008 |
Eighth Meeting of Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Ad Hoc
Grouper IFQ Advisory Panel |
Don Leal of PERC and Vishwanie Maharaj of ED
participated in the panel's meeting in Tampa, FL, to select
the preferred alternatives of the design elements of the IFQ
design plan, which will appear in Amendment 29 of the reef
fish fishery management plan.
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| March 26-April 8, 2008 |
International site visit to Indonesia |
Michael De Alessi of Reason Public Policy
Institute visited Wakatobi and its environs in Indonesia to
investigate the integration of marine reserves and marine
tenure fishing rights in the developing world.
Read the Wakatobi trip report
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January 21-22, 2008 |
Exploring Options for a Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish IFQ Shareholder |
A workshop was held in Pensacola, Florida, to listen to speakers from
New Zealand, Canada, and the U.S. describe the lessons
they have learned from working with fishing alliances that assume some
management functions. The speakers were Andrew Branson from the New Zealand
Rock Lobster Industry Council (fact sheet),
John Koolman from the British Columbia Commercial
Industry Caucus (fact sheet), and Paul Parker
from the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association
(fact sheet), and Dr. Roy Crabtree from the National
Marine Fisheries Service. About 15 fishermen participated. Pam Baker of ED and Pete Emerson organized
the workshop, and Don Leal of PERC participated.
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| November 19, 2007 |
Meeting with members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission to discuss how rights-based strategies may be incorporated
into Florida's management of fisheries |
Don Leal of PERC and Vishwanie Maharaj of ED participated in the meeting in
Tallahassee, Florida. They presented various rights-based options, including one that
would allow market transfers of fishing rights between commercial and recreational sectors.
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| October 1-2, 2007 |
Seventh Meeting of Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Ad Hoc Grouper
IFQ Advisory Panel |
Don Leal of PERC and Vishwanie Maharaj of ED participated in the panel's
meeting in St. Petersburg, FL, to provide recommendations to the Scoping Document for
Amendment 29 and to revisit recommendations in the IFQ Grouper design plan.
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| June 14, 2007 |
Red Sea Urchin
Stock Assessment
Workshop |
Michael De Alessi of Reason Public Policy Institute participated in a meeting in
San Diego to review fishermen-collected data used in a stock assessment of the
local sea urchin fishery. The meeting included fish and wildlife representatives
from the State of California, various environmental groups, and the San Diego
Waterman's Association. In addition to a review of the data discussions were
held on how best the fishery might be managed in the future through various
rights-based alternatives.
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| April 12, 2007 |
Fourth Capitol Hill Briefing |
Beyond IFQs in Marine Fisheries, presented by PERC, ED, and Reason.
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| April 11, 2007 |
IFQ presentations to World Bank in Washington D.C. |
Coalition representative Michael Arbuckle presented
the New Zealand IFQ system, covering historical performance and the economic
approach taken. He discussed some wealth distribution issues associated with
IFQs that have relevance and potential application in developing countries.
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| January 9-10, 2007 |
Sixth Meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Ad Hoc Grouper IFQ Advisory Panel |
Don Leal of PERC and Pam Baker of ED participated in the panel's meeting in
Tampa, Florida, to define a grouper IFQ plan taking into account the unique characteristics
of this fishery. As a starting point, panel member Lee Deaderick submitted for discussion a
framework for such a plan, which included program duration, IFQ eligibility
requirements, caps, and other restrictions on IFQ ownership. It also addressed measures to
enhance program flexibility. The panel will consider other elements in the plan's framework
during the next scheduled meeting in January 2007.
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| October 25-26,2006 |
Fifth Meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Ad Hoc Grouper IFQ Advisory Panel |
Don Leal of PERC and Pam Baker of ED participated in the panel's meeting in
Tampa, Florida, to define a grouper IFQ plan taking into account the unique characteristics
of this fishery. As a starting point, panel member Lee Deaderick submitted for discussion a
framework for such a plan, which included program duration, IFQ eligibility
requirements, caps, and other restrictions on IFQ ownership. It also addressed measures to
enhance program flexibility. The panel will consider other elements in the plan's framework
during the next scheduled meeting in January 2007.
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| October 5-8, 2006 |
PERC Political Economy Forum "Evolving Strategies To Managing
Marine Recreational Fisheries |
Coalition partners Donald R. Leal of PERC and Pamela Baker of ED directed the forum at
Mountain Sky Guest Ranch in Emigrant, Montana. The forum consisted of internationally
recognized fishery experts presenting papers on IFQs and other rights-based strategies
to improve the management of marine recreational fisheries. Following each paper's
presentation insights were provided by forum discussants on how to overcome the social,
political and technical obstacles to implementing such strategies. In attendance were
representatives from various marine organizations, including the College of Marine Studies,
University of Delaware, NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, and the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Commission. The papers will be used as basis for generating strategies to rationalize
specific marine recreational fisheries off the United States, including the red snapper
and grouper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico.
Forum Program
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| August 22-25, 2006 |
Site visit to San Diego to visit with local fishermen |
Coalition partner Michael DeAlessi of Reason joined representatives from the
Alex C. Walker Foundation, Sand County Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Commonweal,
Environmental Defense, California, Costal Conservancy as well as fishery experts on a
site visit to San Diego to meet with local fishermen. The group observed the harvest,
offloading, and processing of sea urchins. The visitors discussed with fishermen the progress
that has been made toward co-management in the San Diego sea urchin fishery and
evaluation of the economic and conservation benefits that accrue from the allocation
of area and species specific harvest privileges.
Slide Show
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| August 22-24, 2006 |
Fourth Meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Ad Hoc Grouper IFQ Advisory Panel |
Don Leal of PERC and Pam Baker of ED participated in the panel's meeting in
Tampa, Florida, to discuss design requirements for an IFQ program in the multi-species grouper
fishery and finalize eligibility requirements for a fishermen referendum on IFQs. The panel also addressed
cleaning up fishermen logbook data for use in both referendum eligibility and initial
allocation. In support of the coalition's efforts to implement IFQs in U.S. fisheries,
Mark Lunsten, a former halibut fisherman, gave a presentation to the panel on his personal
experience with IFQs in the Alaska halibut fishery.
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| June 15-16,2006 |
Third Meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Ad Hoc Grouper IFQ Advisory Panel |
Don Leal of PERC and Pam Baker of ED participated in the panel's meeting in Tampa, Florida.
After prioritizing the goals of the Grouper IFQ program, the panel defined eligibility requirements for
fishermen to participate in a referendum for
approving the IFQs for the grouper fishery as well as receiving initial allocations of quota.
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| May 18-19, 2006 |
Second Meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Ad Hoc Grouper IFQ Advisory Panel |
Don Leal of PERC and Pam Baker of ED participated in the panel's meeting in Tampa, Florida.
After a review and affirmation of the goals for an IFQ program for the Gulf of Mexico multi-species
grouper fishery, Bruce Turris, of Pacific Fisheries Management Inc., presented details on the design and operations
of IFQs for the British Columbia groundfish trawl fishery. Given the interest generated by this presentation,
the partners and the council will secure other guest presenters for future panel meetings.
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| February 22-23, 2006 |
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Ad Hoc Grouper IFQ Advisory Panel |
Don Leal of PERC and Pam Baker of ED participated in the panel's meeting in Tampa, Florida.
With fishing representatives and Gulf Council staff, Leal and Baker are helping develop an IFQ approach for
the commercial multi-species grouper fishery in the Gulf.
More information pending
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| July 5-11, 2005 |
Property Rights in Fisheries Forum, Galapagos Islands, |
Fishers and Fisheries—New Models in the World was presented by
The Nature Conservancy and FUNDAR-Galapagos. The conference was attended by Don Leal of PERC and
Michael De Alessi of Reason, who also coordinated with local fishing representatives, personnel from
Galapagos National Park Service, and the Charles Darwin Research Center.
More information |
| April 19, 2005 |
Third Capitol Hill Luncheon Briefing |
The Role of IFQs in Improving Fishery Governance, presented by PERC, ED, and Reason.
More Information |
| April 8-9, 2005 |
Conference on Shrimp Fisheries, New Orleans, Louisiana |
Innovations in Wild Shrimp Fisheries: Strategies from the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Directed by Pam Baker of Environmental Defense and attended by Don Leal of PERC, the conference was sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife,
Louisiana Seafood, and Environmental Defense. It covered pilot projects, marketing sustainability
and future assessments of shrimp fisheries from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Read More |
| February 25, 2005 |
Booklet based on second Capitol Hill briefing is completed |
The Ecological Role of IFQs in U.S. Fisheries:
A Guide for Federal Policy Makers, the second of three educational booklets,
is complete and available here. |
| January 11-13, 2005 |
Conference on Emerging Strategies for Improving Fisheries Management, Del Mar, CA |
Don Leal of PERC and Pete Emerson attended a two-day conference for fishermen
designed to strengthen local leadership and increase understanding of sustainable fisheries
management. The conference was sponsored by the Sand County Foundation. Please read the complete report
from the conference here as a PDF. |
| December 1, 2004 |
Presentation to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Key Largo, FL |
Don Leal of PERC and C discuss
the utility and applicability of ITQs in managing marine fisheries. |
| November 15, 2004 |
A fact
sheet on the Gulf of St. Lawrence Shrimp Fishery was completed in preparation for use in other shrimp fisheries. |
The results of the fact sheet compiled by Pete Emerson of ED and David Griffith, a PERC
research associate, indicate benefits in applying IFQs to shrimp fisheries. As a result, the information will be
presented to Texas Bay and off shore shrimping interests at a meeting tentatively scheduled for March 2005. |
| August 28, 2004 |
Conference call with coalition participants on IFQs in shrimping. |
Don Leal of PERC and Pete Emerson and Pam Baker, both of ED, develop
questions for assessing IFQs in Canadian shrimp fisheries. |
| July 21, 2004 |
Coalition participants conduct reviews of Australian shrimp fisheries
with limited entry without IFQs. |
Michael DeAlessi of Reason and Don Leal of PERC conducted literature
searches of Australian shrimping to assess fishery performance with limited entry. |
| June 30, 2004 |
Plan outlining of preferred option for license buyback and IFQs in Texas shrimp fishery. |
Pam Baker of ED, with support from Don Leal of PERC, completed a strategy paper
for license buybacks with subsequent IFQs in the Texas shrimp fishery. |
| May 24-27, 2004 |
Meetings with fishing interests in the Texas bay shrimp fishery. |
As part of a new effort to bring reform to fisheries from the ground up, project
partners held a series of meetings May 24-27 2004 in Corpus Christi, Rockport, and Palacious,
Texas to discuss rights-based options for overcoming the problems plaguing their
shrimp fishery in the Gulf of Mexico. Briefly, shrimp fisherman along the Gulf are being
squeezed by falling shrimp prices and higher fuel prices. In addition, they face
expanding restrictions on fishing and an overcapitalized fleet that hamper their
ability to meet the challenges of global competition for marketing shrimp. |
| April 23, 2004 |
Second Capitol Hill Luncheon Briefing |
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| March 16, 2004 |
Booklet based on first Capitol Hill briefing is completed |
Overcoming Three Hurdles to IFQs in U.S. Fisheries:
A Guide for Federal Policy Makers, the first of three educational booklets,
is complete and available here. |
| March 10-12, 2004 |
Texas Coastal Issues Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas |
Peter Emerson moderated a Fisheries Management Panel focusing on the Texas Shrimp Fishery.
Panel members included Michael De Alessi speaking on "The Promise and Perils of Right-based
Fisheries Management," Donald Leal on "Cooperatives to Achieve Improved Fisheries,"
and Pam Baker of ED on "Bycatch Reduction and Sea Turtle Conservation." |
| February 5, 2004 |
Conference call to plan for the Texas Coastal Issues Conference |
Don Leal of PERC, Michael De Alessi of Reason, and Pete Emerson and Pam
Baker of Environmental Defense discuss a panel presentation on rights-based management
in the Texas shrimp fishery |
| January 29, 2004 |
Conference call to plan second Capitol Hill briefing |
Leal, Emerson, Baker, and De Alessi make plans for the second in
a series of briefings on implementing IFQs in U.S. fisheries |
| January 20, 2004 |
Meeting at PERC to plan IFQ Web site |
Leal, Linda Platts, editorial associate,
Mandy-Scott Bachelier, graphic artist, and Eric Julian,
Web site developer, plan first phase of Web site
development and target start-up dates |
| December 20, 2003 |
Discussion of the booklet recapping the first briefing |
Leal and De Alessi prepared detailed outline of
booklet based on the November 12, 2003, Capitol Hill Briefing |
| November 12, 2003 |
First Capitol Hill Luncheon Briefing |
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October 10, 2003
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Conference call among project participants |
Planning for first Capitol Hill briefing |
