| Title | A fishermen's agreement and co-op in Yaquina Bay roe herring |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | Leal, D. R. |
| Editor | Townsend, R., R. Shotton, and (eds.) H. Uchida |
| Secondary Title | Case Studies in Fisheries Self-Governance |
| Tertiary Title | FAO Fisheries Technical Paper |
| Volume | no.504 |
| Pagination | p.415-423 |
| Publisher | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| City | Rome, Italy |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley SH1 .F539 no.504, Guin SH1 .F539 no.504, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | abundance, commercial fisheries, depleted populations, economics, fecundity, Pacific herring = Clupea pallasi, Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | This paper describes a private agreement between fishermen participating in a limited-entry commercial fishery for herring roe in Yaquina Bay. The co-operative formed by this agreement gives the fishermen greater flexibility, allowing them to fish when roe is likely to likely to be more abundnat, and the agreement "has proven resilient to widely fluctuating resource and market conditions..." (p.422) Map, tables. Gives statistics for herring landings in Yaquina Bay from 1978-2006. |
| URL | https://www.fao.org/3/a1497e/a1497e00.htm |
