The Future of International Fisheries Management. Edited by H. Gary Knight. (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1975. Pp. xiii + 253. Price not given.)

1978 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 367-368
Author(s):  
Lauriston R. King
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Not Given ◽  
The Future ◽  
International Fisheries

Problems Confronting Fishing Industries Relative to Management Policies Adopted by Governments

1973 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 2486-2489
Author(s):  
G. H. Elliot
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
International Level ◽  
Full Understanding ◽  
Alternative Management ◽  
Fishery Resources ◽  
International Action ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Viability ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Fishing Fleets

With increase in numbers, size, and effectiveness, fishing fleets have depleted important stocks of fish, and strong international action by governments is imperative for the future viability of fishery resources. The author favors a system of an overall quota of fish, with individual quotas for boats and plants, and predicts that this will become "the accepted method of running fisheries" in 20 years. He discusses how best to organize such a system, with full consultation between governments and their national fishing industries as well as at the international level. For efficient handling of the complex issues involved and a full understanding of them, he suggests that governments should appoint to their fisheries ministries officers who have specialized in fisheries management and are able to analyze the situation in depth and advise the administrators on the implications of alternative management policies. The controls over fishing that he advocates are essential because "free fish means eventually no fish."

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