By Richard Gaines
Staff Writer
The Nobel Prize in economics bestowed upon Elinor Ostrom this week largely honors her work showing that commonly owned resources can be preserved and managed by stakeholders as well as or better than by governments or through privatization.
And many within the fishing community are noting her position as a strong statement against the “catch-share” management format being pushed for New England and other fisheries.
Citing danger to marine life, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration opposes opening large tracts of coast to drilling and recommends buffer zones off Santa Barbara.
NOAA comments on leasing program draft
By Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer
October 12, 2009
Reporting from Washington – The federal government’s top ocean scientists are urging the Interior Department to drastically reduce plans to open the coast to offshore oil and gas drilling, citing threats to marine life and potentially devastating effects of oil spills in Arctic waters.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Usually when the fishing public hears about an access battle, it involves the coastline, or a steelhead or wild trout stream. But lately, the threat of possible widespread, freshwater gamefish closures reared its head. In response, stakeholders from across the fishing industry have circled their wagons to fight it.
The genesis of the problem stretches back through several years, and several presidential administrations, and is rooted in a farcical misconception that lumps commercial and recreational anglers together. And at the core is the ever-present battle between preservation and conservation.
The Wave of the Future
by Vikki Spruill
We rely on our ocean for many things—it drives our climate, it provides jobs that fuel our economy, and it gives us much of the air we breathe and the food we eat. Like urban sprawl on land, the demand for space in our ocean and on our coasts is growing. But a healthy ocean depends on our using it wisely. We need to coordinate the many government agencies that manage how we use the ocean, to conserve it at a time when there is increasing competition for its space.
: An application to the Bonaire National Marine Park
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Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2009.04.008