Fishery co-management, where local fishermen form a group to manage the fishery in a collective manner,
have recently garnered a considerable amount of interest among fishermen and regulators, both in
developed and developing countries. Conceptually it is seen as an alternative to centralized command-and-control
regulations, as well as individually privatized...
This paper examines the effects of a share-based management program in the Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish fishery. The program provides exclusive allocations to cooperatives of nine species, including one species for which retention is prohibited. Under the program, allocations of all species are required to fish and all catch,...