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Wreckfish and ITQs -- Cooperative Management at Work

The presence of fishable concentrations of deepwater wreckfish in the South Atlantic region was unknown until 1987, when a directed fishery developed on the Blake Plateau adjacent to South Carolina and Georgia. The fishery rapidly expanded as more fishermen considered wreckfish as a new commercial opportunity.

Fishermen, scientists and managers became concerned that the resource could not support unlimited expansion. With cooperation from the fishermen, the Council developed a wreckfish management plan that inlcudes Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs). Under the quota system, each wreckfish fisherman owns a share of the quota and can choose to fish it anytime during the open season. This prevents an opening day rush to bring fish to market and assures fishermen a stable, reasonable price.

South Atlantic Wreckfish ITQ Program (PDF)

Learn more about the South Atlantic wreckfish fishery.

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Announcements

LAP Update - follow the link to read a summary of SAFMC actions regarding use of LAPs in the South Atlantic at this time.

LAP Program Exploratory Workgroup - To learn more about Workgroup activities and read the Final Report click here

Resources

NEW Excerpt from Reauthorized Magnuson Act regarding LAPs (PDF)

Request of Catch History (pdf form) from the NMFS Logbook Program

Fact Sheets
Limited Access Privilege (LAP) resources - Sea grant publication

LAP Outreach Flyer - Sea Grant publication

LAP Definitions - Sea Grant publication

Ten questions and answers on LAPPs - Sea Grant publication

What are IFQs and ITQs?
English (PDF) En Español (PDF)

Consideration of a LAP Program for the Snapper Grouper Fishery - Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) En Español (PDF)

Article - A Limited Access Privilege Program for the Commercial Snapper Grouper Fishery?(PDF) En Español (PDF)

British Columbia Individual Quota Hook and Line Pilot Program (PDF)

NMFS and LAPs
Information Clearinghouse on Limited Access Privilege Programs- this site responds to recommendations by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to the NMFS regarding improving stakeholder participation in the development of quota-based fishery management programs.

Property rights
Use of Property Rights in Fisheries Management -- this FAO technical paper is available in HTML format and presents an in-depth overview of dedicated access programs and their use in fisheries management throughout the world.

Initial Allocation
Case studies of various methods of initial allocation from fisheries throughout the world are available for download in pdf format from the FAO.

Reports from the U.S. Government Accountability Office on IFQ programs
Report to congressional requesters on stakeholder participation-- February 2006

Report to congressional requesters on IFQ cost recovery -- March 2005

Report to congressional requesters on community protection -- February 2004

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