Endangered Oceans
Endangered Oceans | Individual Fishing Quotas May Not Benefit Fisheries
In the following viewpoint Kaitilin Gaffney argues that the benefits of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs), the permission to catch a percentage of the total allowable catch of a fishery, may not outweigh the costs. Gaffney claims that small-scale fishers often sell their quotas to bigger companies, thus concentrating fishing rights in the hands of a few. Moreover, the author points out, ITQs do not necessarily prevent the depletion of fish. In New Zealand, Gaffney maintains for example, ITQs did not protect orange roughy from overfishing. Gaffney, who spent 1997 studying New...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: How Endangered Are the World’s Oceans and Coastlines?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Human Activities Threaten the World’s Oceans and Coastal Regions
- Human Efforts Are Improving the Condition of the World’s Oceans and Coastal Regions
- The World’s Ocean Fisheries Are Seriously Threatened
- Private Conservation Offers Hope for Ocean Fisheries
- Rising Sea Levels Threaten Coastal Regions
- Claims That Sea Levels Are Rising Are Unproven
- Chapter 1 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 2: What Ocean Management and Conservation Practices Should Be Pursued?
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Chapter 3: What Strategies Would Best Promote Sustainable Fishing?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Fully Protected Marine Reserves Will Promote Sustainable Fishing
- Fully Protected Marine Reserves Do Not Always Promote Sustainable Fishing
- Individual Fishing Quotas Will Benefit U.S. Fisheries
- Individual Fishing Quotas May Not Benefit Fisheries
- Federal Regulation of Aquaculture Is Necessary
- Alternatives to Government Regulation Will Promote the Growth of Aquaculture
- Chapter 3 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 4: What Impact Do Human Activities Have on Marine Mammals?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- The Ban on Commercial Whaling Protects Endangered Whales
- The Ban on Commercial Whaling Is Unnecessary and Unfair
- Antisubmarine Sonar Threatens Marine Mammals
- Antisubmarine Sonar Does Not Threaten Marine Mammals
- Keeping Marine Mammals Captive in Theme Parks Promotes Conservation
- Keeping Marine Mammals Captive in Theme Parks Is Cruel
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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