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University of Rhode Island

United States; fishery resources; fishery management; Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976; FCMA

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Optimum Yield And The Fcma: Uneven Distribution Of Management Burden, Herrick J. Johnson Dec 1981

Optimum Yield And The Fcma: Uneven Distribution Of Management Burden, Herrick J. Johnson

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Until the establishment of the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (FCMA), fish outside the United States' twelve mile fishery zone were, according to international law, common property and belonged to the nation or individual that caught them. This common property law was based on the concept that fish resources were so large that no amount of fishing would interfere with the right of others to catch fish. Modern technology, however, has created equipment that enabled foreign and domestic fishermen to over-fish the resource. A reduced domestic catch led coastal fishermen to support a bill that unilaterally extended the …


Optimum Yield And The Fcma: A Case For Economic Discrimination, Herrick J. Johnson Jan 1978

Optimum Yield And The Fcma: A Case For Economic Discrimination, Herrick J. Johnson

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Marine Affairs thesis from the University of Rhode Island.