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The British Columbia Salmon Fishery
A discussion on management methods in the British Columbia salmon fishery.
# 141916
| 1,000 words
| 3 sources
| MLA
| 2008
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on Dec 01, 2008
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Canadian Studies
(Government and Government Policy)
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The paper discusses sustainability issues in terms of the fisheries that were addressed by a Royal Commission in 1980. The paper relates that the Commission concluded that fishing capacity had at least doubled in the previous decade, despite a buyback that had occurred in the 1970s. The paper explains that the Davis Plan was devised to buy back fishing vessels - starting in 1970 and finishing in 1973 - and was funded from vessel license fees and retired vessels sales (Grafton & Nelson, 2005, p. 5). The paper explains that this was the first ever buyback conducted in a Canadian fishery with government officials tackling the program sans models.
From the Paper:
"To date, policymakers have put in place five buybacks of either vessels or salmon licenses over the last thirty years in the British Columbia (BC) salmon fishery (Grafton & Nelson, 2005, p.2). However, the two most recent buybacks in history were also the largest (Grafton & Nelson, 2005, p. 17). Sustainability issues in terms of the fisheries were addressed by a Royal Commission in 1980. The Commission concluded that fishing capacity had at least doubled in the previous decade, despite a buyback that had occurred in the 1970s. The Davis Plan was devised to buy back fishing vessels -..."Cite this Term Paper:
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The British Columbia Salmon Fishery (2008, December 01)
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"The British Columbia Salmon Fishery" 01 December 2008.
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