Every Single Fisherman Better Be At This Meeting!

I just received this posting via an email -  I cannot Stress Enough The Importance of Attending this:

What:

Next in a public discussion series hosted by:

New Hampshire Sea Grant &

Northeast Consortium

When:
A public workshop on:
Social and Economic Performance Measures and
Research Objectives for Catch Share Programs
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
6:30 – 8:30 pm

Where:
Urban Forestry Center
45 Elwyn Road, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Lead by Patricia Pinto da Silva and Andrew Kitts
Social Science Branch, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
National Marine Fisheries Service

NOAA Fisheries has made a commitment to increasing the number of fisheries managed under catch share systems. A variety of new catch share management programs are being considered for and implemented in a number of fisheries in the Northeast Region and elsewhere in the United States. Most prominently, Amendment 16 of the Northeast Multispecies Fisheries Management Plan has approved operations for 19 group quota (Sector) allocations beginning in fishing year 2010.

Given the significance of this management paradigm shift, and its potential implications for social, cultural and economic systems associated with regional fisheries, the Social Science Branch of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center is engaging in a process to define a Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Plan and associated research agenda. The purpose of the evaluation plan is to provide information to fisheries managers and fisheries participants relevant to the design of future catch share programs and modifications to existing programs. Elements of the draft plan will be presented and feedback solicited.

For more information contact:
Rachel Feeney, Northeast Consortium
603-862-2276, rachel.feeney@unh.edu