Case Study U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Migratory Pelagics Fishery Authors: Katie Westfall and Andrea Dell’Apa Abstract When accounting for the impacts of climate change, the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico pelagic longline (PLL) fishery that target Highly Migratory...
Case Study United States West Coast Pacific Sardine Fishery Authors: Merrick Burden and Rod Fujita Abstract The Pacific sardine fishery has historically been a productive and lucrative industry along the West Coast of North America. However, climate change and...
Case Study Maine American Lobster Fishery (United States) Author: Katherine E. Mills Abstract The American lobster (Homarus americanus) fishery in the state of Maine (US) was examined to identify ecological, socio-economic, and governance attributes that influence its...
Case Study United States Bering Sea Groundfish Fisheries Authors: Anne Hollowed and Stephen Kasperski Groundfish fisheries in the eastern Bering Sea are federally managed by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, one of eight regional councils created by the...
Case Study California Dungeness Crab Fishery (United States) Author: Christopher M. Free Abstract Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) support California’s most lucrative commercial fishery and play a central role in the portfolio of species targeted by fishers....
