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Stock Stewardship Discussion
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Stock Stewardship/Biomass Allocations
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If you would like to post a comment on this subject, please send your contributions to me (Dick Allen) at rba@FisheryConsulting.com for posting. I will post both positive and negative comments on the subject, but I reserve the right to prevent my web site from becoming cluttered with material that is not relevant to the discussion, or is otherwise unacceptable to me. I will publish any acceptable submission without editing. In any case where I consider the material to be generally worthwhile, but for some reason unacceptable, I will offer the contributor the opportunity to alter the objectionable content. If you don't want your contact information published, please do not include it in the body of your message.
I may open the page for direct submissions if I gain more confidence that it will not be vandalized or misused.
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Subject Dick's Response to Trevor 2

Date
Tue Jan 25 2005 15:02

Author Dick Allen
(rba@FisheryConservation.net)

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Trevor,
I'd prefer to cast our exchange as a further examination of the potential for biomass allocations to improve fishery management, rather than a debate. Toward that end, I have created a discussion page on my web site at http://www.lobsterconservation.com/stockstewardshipdiscussion/. I hope to entice you and others to post their comments on this concept using the "add message" button on the web page.
I have posted my initial letter to the Council on this subject, and, with your permission I will post your response. I have protected the page from vandals by requiring a password that I will be happy to provide to anyone with a legitimate interest in the subject. Your explanation of the impact of underfishing seems to be based on the same biological principles that cause me to question claims that marine reserves will increase fishery yields. I'd like to exchange additional ideas on how the biomass allocation concept might be applied to one or more stocks of interest to fishermen in the northeast U.S.
Our current approach to management is certainly not simple. I believe that an explicit accounting system will be necessary and helpful to the fishing industry and to managers, making it worthwhile to work through the initial complexities.
Dick Allen 35 Bliss Rd. Wakefield, RI 02879
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