We need to debate ideas, not just jettison them
Don Cayo responds to Senator Gerald Comeau's dismissal of the idea of Individual Tranferable Quota's in the fishery.
A Strategy for Establishing Property Rights in the Atlantic Fishery
A paradox facing the Atlantic fishery is highlighted in AIMS' most recent Commentary paper
Stratégie pour l’établissement de droits de propriété dans le secteur des pêches de l’Atlantique
Un paradoxe auquel est confronté le secteur des pêches de l'Atlantique est mis en évidence par AIMS dans son plus récent document de travail.
Healing the Atlantic Fishery:
New Book Examines How Property Rights Can Help
Taking Ownership
Taking Ownership: Property Rights and Fishery Management on the Atlantic Coast, features contributions from some of the world's foremost fisheries experts, the book examines Canada current fisheries regime - based chiefly on common property, and government regulations and enforcement - and the emerging alternative, based on the establishment of property rights in the fisheries, usually through individual transferable quotas.
Allocating the Catch Among Fisherman
One of Canada's most recognised authorities in natural resource management, provides an illuminating look at the history of Individual Transferable Quotas and other forms of property in the fishery, the present position, and suggests thoughtful principles to guide decision makers into the future.
Taking Ownership
The Atlantic fishery is hit by a major crisis about once every 10 years. Yet little has been done since the most recent crisis to resolve the industry’s underlying problems, a situation which calls out for fresh thinking. To help met this need, AIMS just published a book on the fishery, Taking Ownership: Property Rights and Fishery Management on the Atlantic Coast, to examine alternative regimes for the Atlantic fishery. It features contributions from some of the world’s leading experts. As well, AIMS organized late last year, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, a high level conference which brought leaders of industry, labour, government, and environmental groups together with researchers and academics to discuss alternatives for the Atlantic fishery. The following article reflects some of the new thinking explored in the book and at the conference.
Taking Ownership: A Review
Professor Anthony Scott sets the tone for the volume as a whole by asking why one might think that a rights-based approach to fishing would produce better economic and conservation outcomes at lower cost than the alternative approaches to fishery management.