Evaluating Community Fish Quota Management in Atlantic Canada

Evaluating community fish quota management in Atlantic Canada: Lessons from the Start-Up Years

Lucia M. Fanning

Dalhousie University, Marine Affairs Program

lfanning@dal.ca

Abstract In Atlantic Canada, as elsewhere, coastal communities and governments have been experimenting with the co-management model to achieve the sustainable use of coastal and marine resources. One example, introduced as a three-year trial in 1997, was community quota management by the inshore, fixed gear ground fish sector in the Scotia Fundy region. Using structured and unstructured interviewing techniques, this paper examines the rationale behind the pursuit of community quota management and the organizational, legal and regulatory, socio-economic, and science-based issues that confronted the newly-formed community management institutions. By focusing on the early stages of community quota management, the analysis assesses the importance of these start-up issues and provides lessons to others contemplating community-based methods for fisheries management within the Canadian context and elsewhere.

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Home Journal MAST General Information Editorial Policy Subscriptions Back Issues About Us MAST Extranet	Evaluating community fish quota management in Atlantic Canada: Lessons from the Start-Up Years Lucia M. Fanning Dalhousie University, Marine Affairs Program lfanning@dal.ca Abstract In Atlantic Canada, as elsewhere, coastal communities and governments have been experimenting with the co-management model to achieve the sustainable use of coastal and marine resources. One example, introduced as a three-year trial in 1997, was community quota management by the inshore, fixed gear ground fish sector in the Scotia Fundy region. Using structured and unstructured interviewing techniques, this paper examines the rationale behind the pursuit of community quota management and the organizational, legal and regulatory, socio-economic, and science-based issues that confronted the newly-formed community management institutions. By focusing on the early stages of community quota management, the analysis assesses the importance of these start-up issues and provides lessons to others contemplating community-based methods for fisheries management within the Canadian context and elsewhere.	Centre for Maritime Research Plantage Muidergracht 14-16 NL-1018 TV Amsterdam Phone: +31 20 5254185 Fax: +31 20 5254051 Contact Form