Canadian Fisheries Policy: Challenges and Choices

Abstract

Les pêches océaniques posent de sérieux défis au Canada. Les problèmes comprennent l'effondrement du stock de poissons de fond de l'Atlantique au début des années 90, les conflits internationaux au sujet de la pêche en zones partagées et chevauchant les frontières, les conflits entre pêcheurs en compétition de même que les faibles revenus et la surcapitalisation dans plusieurs types de pêches. Nous présentons l'état actuel des pêches océaniques au Canada, évaluons sa gestion présente et passée pour prendre en considération ces problèmes et proposer des politiques visant à aider le Canada à profiter du plein potentiel de ses ressources maritimes. Canada faces grave challenges in its ocean fisheries. The problems include the collapse of Atlantic groundfish stocks in the early 1990s, international disputes over shared and straddling fisheries, conflicts among competing fishers, and low incomes and overcapitalization in many important fisheries. We assess the present state of Canada's ocean fisheries, evaluate past and current management to address the problems and propose policies to help Canada realize the full potential from its marine resources. We have some of the world's most valuable fish resources, they are capable of yielding great economic and social benefits; yet many commercial fishermen and fishing companies are near bankruptcy, sport fishermen and Indians are preoccupied with declining opportunities, and the fisheries are a heavy burden on Canadian taxpayers. Peter H. Pearse (1982, p. 3).

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