Catch Share Resources

Supportive Fishermen's Organizations

National

• Gulf Fishermen's Associations
• Fishermen's Advocacy Organization

Northeast Sectors

• Cape Cod Hook Fishermen's Association
• Mid-Coast Fishermen's Association
• Northeast Seafood Coalition

Letters of Support

• South Atlantic fishermen for a South Atlantic Snapper Grouper Catch Share [PDF]

Key Papers and Articles

EDF Papers and Articles

• Oceans of Abundance [PDF]
• Oceans of Abundance FAQs [PDF]
• Sustaining America's Fisheries and Fishing Communities
• Catch Shares Key to Reviving Fisheries
• Catch Shares Design Manual
• U.S. Catch Shares [PDF]
• Catch Shares Improve Both Science and Catches [PDF]

Media and NGO Papers and Articles

• Rebuilding Global Fisheries
  Science, 7/31/09
• Can Catch Shares Prevent Fisheries Collapse?
  Science, 9/19/08
• The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform [PDF]
  World Bank Report, 10/08
• Troubled Waters: A Special Report on the Sea
  The Economist, 12/30/08
• Ocean Rescue (Editorial)
  New York Times, 6/22/09
• Bring This Fishery Back (Editorial)
  Boston Globe, 3/27/09
• Finding a System that Sustains Pacific Groundfish Fishery (Editorial)
  Seattle Times, 6/10/08

Press Releases

• Senator Shelby Makes Right Call Requesting Gulf Fishery Disaster Designation Addressing Oil Spill
  05/19/2010
• Gulf Oil Spill Threat Could Expose Louisiana to Another Deadly Hurricane
  04/30/2010
• EDF Applauds New National Catch Share Policy
  12/10/2009
• United States Scientists Visit Cuba to Discuss Overfishing, Coral Reefs, Ocean Energy and Ocean Issues
  10/22/2009

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Social Media

• Twitter: EDF Oceans
• Twitter: EDF's Diane Regas, Associate VP, Oceans
• Facebook: Environmental Defense Fund
• Facebook: NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco

Posted: 09-Dec-2009; Updated: 28-Oct-2009