Economic aspects of fisheries management with 200 mile resource zones: The Northwest Atlantic area

The purpose of this paper will be to review the progress and preliminary results of a NSF/RANN funded study on management in resource zones. The main parts of the study are as follows: (1) Scope of Problem. A substantive analysis of the scope of the management problems involved in 200 mile fishing zones. (2) History of Fishing and Geographical Effects of Zone. A brief history of the biological and economic aspects of exploitation in the study area and a simple geographical analysis of how a 200 mile zone will redistribute management potential. (3) National Management Problems. An analysis of possible regulatory procedures open to the U. S. for managing stocks that will be under its exclusive control. Variables under study will be efficiency of harvest, total and regional employment effects, potential for license revenues, the combination of national and foreign fishing power used, including the potential and desirability of a 100% American fleet, balance of payment effects, etc.