West Coast Forum 2010: Monterey, CA
PRESENTATIONS
- The Challenges of Allocation: Lessons from the Allocation of Non-Fishery Resources, Buzz Thompson [PDF] - Video
Identifying Allocation Goals & Objectives
- Allocation and Community Dependence - The Bering Sea Crab Example, Steve Minor [PDF] - Video
- Roiled Water - Sector Allocation in New England's Groundfish Fishery, Eric Brazer, [PDF] - Video
- Amendment 80 - Allocation as a Conservation Tools, Bill Orr [PDF] - Video
Keynote Address
- Congressman Sam Farr
Leadership Training: Conflict Resolution & Consensus Building
Developing Allocation Frameworks
- Fisheries in Mexico, Rethinking Research and Policy, Miguel Cisneros [PDF] - Video
- Can Principles Defuse Allocation Fights Between Commercial and Recreational Fishermen?, Julie Morris [PDF] - Video
Navigating Inter-sector Allocations
- Commercial - Recreational Allocation Practice for Canadian Fisheries, Gordon Gislason [PDF] - Video
- Forty years of Australian experience with limited tradable access management and the evolution of Allocation Processes, Jeremy Prince [PDF] - Video
Allocation Tools
- It's no fish ye're allocating, it's men's lives, Madeline Hall-Arber [PDF] - Video
- Information and analysis in support of fisheries allocation decisions, Gordon Gislason [PDF] - Video
- Striking the balance: using the Marine InVEST tool to evaluate tradeoffs between multiple marine ecosystem services, Jodie Toft [PDF] - Video
The Fisheries Forum, which hosted its fifth successful Forum in Monterey, California September 19-22, 2010, welcomed a mix of new and returning participants, including appointed council members, state and federal representatives and their designees, and nonvoting members. Nineteen council members representing seven of the eight regional fishery management councils attended the Forum, and contributed their diverse perspectives and insight into current fishery management challenges.
This Forum convened council members, scientists, economists, community leaders and managers to discuss the challenge of allocating federal fishery resources. Allocation is a priority topic across regions, as councils take action to implement annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs) in accordance with the 2006 reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Councils are viewing allocation as an important tool in ensuring greater accountability and maintaining opportunities for user groups. The foundation of many management decisions, allocation decisions require challenging and often difficult discussions, making this topic well suited to the neutral atmosphere of a forum.
