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How should
we allocate our public natural resources among competing uses, and how
can we enhance their value to Alaskans?
Fish, game, timber, land,
and other natural resources are owned by all Alaskans. As more residents,
technological advances, growing numbers of tourists, and other factors
increase the demand for these resources, new institutional structures
must be developed for their efficient and fair use. Although the problems
are currently most acute in the salmon fishery, many of the same considerations
apply in thinking about RESOURCE ALLOCATION for our other public
resources.
Available products are listed
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Rationalizing
the Alaska Commercial Salmon Fishery |
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The
commercial salmon fishery is the most economically important of Alaska's
many fisheries, employing thousands in harvesting and processing during
the summer season and providing the main economic driver for many Alaskan
communities. However it has come under increasing pressure during the
last decade from deteriorating market conditions negatively impacting
price and from problems inherent in the limited entry system used to control
and allocate the harvest. It is now widely recognized that the commercial
salmon fishery is facing a crisis that must be addressed quickly or the
fishery and many of the communities that depend upon it, may disappear.
The product of this study is a series of reports and workshops investigating
various aspects of this crisis and evaluating different solutions for
dealing with the decline in the market and with the methods currently
used by the state to manage and allocate the fishery.
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Gunnar
Knapp |
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Report |
Options
for Restructuring Alaska Salmon Fisheries |
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Working
Paper |
Framework
for Thinking About Options for Restructuring Alaska Salmon Fisheries |
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Technical
Report |
Effects
of the 2002 Chignik Salmon Cooperative: A Survey of Chignik Salmon Permit
Holders |
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Research
Summary |
Effects
of the Chignik Cooperative: What the Permit Holders Say |
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Joint
Publication of ISER and the Marine Advisory Program, UAF |
Charting
New Courses for Alaska Salmon Fisheries: The Legal Waters |
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Report |
Challenges
in Restructuring Alaska's Salmon Fisheries |
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Research
Summary |
Changing
Alaska's Salmon Harvesting System: What Are The Challenges? |
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Power
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Overview
of Options for Restructuring Alaska Salmon Fisheries |
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Power
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Challenges
and strategies for the salmon industry |
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Workshop: |
Options
for Restructuring Alaska's Salmon Industry |
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Workshop: |
Fisheries
Co-ops and Beyond: Realigning Fisheries Management |
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Allocating
Salmon Among Commercial, Sport, and Subsistence Fisheries |
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As
the economy grows, demand grows for the limited salmon resources of the
state among the primary user groups. Economic considerations are one important
component in the decision both about the method to use in allocating the
resource among these competing users and about the proportion of the harvest
allocated to each group. The fishery is centrally important to the health
of the commercial fishing industry and many maritime communities. At the
same time the tourist industry and many communities depend heavily on a
healthy sport fishery for economic viability. Alaskan households also rely
on the fishery for both sport and subsistence. The product of this study
will be an analysis of not only the economic considerations in allocation
decisions, but also the biological, social, legal, and political factors.
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Gunnar
Knapp |
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Market
Approaches to Public Resource Management |
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Contact |
Scott
Goldsmith |
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