The Golden Crab commercial fishery has been identified by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council as their top priority for developing catch share programs (summary motions from June 2010). The Council is now considering a catch share program via Golden Crab Amendment Five. Although a recent technical memorandum (NMFS-SEFSC-608) includes catch and productivity analysis, there is little data on the business model including production factors (crab pots, fuel costs etc). The proposed economic survey would remedy that.The Golden Crab commercial fishery was last surveyed for economic production factors (crab pots, fuel costs etc) in 2011. The proposed economic survey will update that. The only change from the previous form is the deletion of a now-moot question on an old proposed management measurement.
US Code:
16 USC 1853a et seq.
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
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