The Golden Crab commercial fishery has
been identified by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council as
their top priority for developing catch share programs (summary
motions from June 2010). The Council is now considering a catch
share program via Golden Crab Amendment Five. Although a recent
technical memorandum (NMFS-SEFSC-608) includes catch and
productivity analysis, there is little data on the business model
including production factors (crab pots, fuel costs etc). The
proposed economic survey and its extension would remedy
that.
US Code:
16 USC 1853a et seq. Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
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