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Rights-based vs. competitive fishing of sea scallops Placopecten magellanicus in Nova Scotia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 1995

Leo Brander  and
D. Leslic Burke
Leo Brander
Affiliation:
Program coordination and Economics Branch, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, PO Box 550, Halifax Nova Scotia, B3J 2S7 Canada
D. Leslic Burke
Affiliation:
Program coordination and Economics Branch, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, PO Box 550, Halifax Nova Scotia, B3J 2S7 Canada
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Abstract

Management techniques in two sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus fisheries in Nova Scotia are compared and contrasted. In one, traditional management methods are used to protect the stock from overexploitation. In the other fishery, enterprise allocations in the form of quota shares are used to mimic property rights. Over the past decade, the fleets' reactions to stock conditions have been dramatically different. It is argued that the evidence supports a quasi-property management regime, though other factors are at play as well.

Keywords

Fishery managementallocation systemquota regulationsfishing rightsfishing effortscallopsPlacopecten magellanicusGeorges BankBay of FundyNW AtlanticGestion des pêchesquotadroits de pêcheseffort de pêchePlacopecten magellanicusNouvelle ÉcosseCanada
Type
Research Article
Information
Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , July 1995 , pp. 279 - 288
Copyright
© IFREMER-Gauthier-Villars, 1995

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