Volume 48
Establishing limited entry in the Texas inshore shrimp fishery: A case study
Authors
McCarty, C.E.; Osburn, H.R.; Riechers, R.K. Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: Noviembre, 1995
Pages: 201-210
Event: Proceedings of the Forty-Eight Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Santo Domingo
Country: Dominican Republic
Abstract
On June 8, 1995, Texas Governor George Bush signed into law legislation which established the first ever license limitation program in a Texas fishery. This program will eventually have significant biologic, economic and social impacts on about 2500 licensed inshore (bay and bait) shrimp vessel owners, as well as the coastal communities where they work and live. The successful process of developing limited entry in this fishery and the subsequent implementation of the program requirements will also have a major bearing on management of other Texas fisheries in the future.