Labor and the Labor Process in a Limited Entry Fishery

McCay, Bonnie J.; Gatewood, John B.; Creed, Carolyn F.

doi:10.1086/mre.6.4.42628825

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“…This owner file, which maps vessels onto individual firms, is crucial to assessing the change in fleet composition over time. The creation of the owner database is detailed elsewhere [25], and an outline is provided in the Appendix. Firms were then characterized as processor owned (vessels and/or ITQs owned by a firm that processes clam products) or not processor owned.…”

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The equity debate: distributional impacts of individual transferable quotas

Brandt

2005

Ocean & Coastal Management

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The twin goals of economic efficiency and social equity often seem at odds, particularly in the debate over two marine policy approaches: firm-level regulation of inputs and outputs (''command and control'') and individual transferable quotas. This paper examines the debate over social equity in a US fishery that transitioned from command and control to individual transferable quotas-the mid-Atlantic clam fishery. The analysis draws on 17 years of data on fishing trips, vessel ownership, tradable property rights ownership, and output market shares. The results show that no segment of the industry was disproportionately adversely affected by the regulatory change; however, they also demonstrate the emergence of a new sector in the industry, which is predominantly made up of former small-scale harvesters. r

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The equity debate: distributional impacts of individual transferable quotas

Brandt

2005

Ocean & Coastal Management

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“…Though this has not necessarily lowered incomes, it has changed the culture of fishing. (McCay, Gatewood et al 1989;McCay and Creed 1990) Processors can be affected by the introduction of ITQs in a number of ways. First the processing sector is typically as overcapitalized as the harvesting sector.…”

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“…Though this transformation can result in higher incomes for crew (Knapp 1997), the change in status has been difficult to accept for those used to be co-venturers sharing in both the risk and reward of fishing. (McCay, Gatewood et al 1989;McCay and Creed 1990) Processors have also staked their claim for quota (especially in Alaska), albeit unsuccessfully to date. (Matulich, Mittelhammer et al 1996) The claims are based upon the immobility of the processing capital and the fact that allocating quota to boat owners changes the bargaining relationship in ways that could hurt processors.…”

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