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Problem statement: In general we felt the statement was OK, we just need a better explanation of said statement.
MPAs: we should work on
- gradations of protection and coordination with geography, technology, fishing practices, etc.
- concentric rings of protection levels?
- how to make them more appealing to fishermen
- effect on the fishing industry (aka will it collapse)
ALSO: we need to create steps/priorities within our plan (decide internally)
- international cooperation is idealistic; we should also figure out which plans can work solely locally
INTERNATIONAL:
- eco-labels: cost issues, company cooperation; lack of support/recognition of marine stewardship council
- treaty is mostly guidelines; specific rules with regards to 10% plan and flag hopping
- issues with realism of inducting RBAs; failures of RBAs; some RBAs are species specific..... ours is geographically based
- regional fleets: costs? previous uses?
- implementation of global tax scheme: international waters, collection, etc.
- incentives to join: political, past initiatives
- random stuff: whaling, other large marine species
- marine science council--> under RBAs
FISHING TECHNOLOGY:
- short and long term: need to be better defined and organized
- cost benefit analysis and talk to actual fishermen who are designing their own technologies
- Implementation: subsidies; ITQ bonuses; larger subsidies for small fisherman; tax breaks to big companies; net drag speech and net mesh size regulations; ban trawling in deep water and eventually phase it out
- goal: digital imaging on nets
EDUCATION:
- decrease demand
- look up best way to educate public
We voted and decided that education will now focus on telling us HOW we will say whatever we decide to say, and will not be explicitly included within a website, etc.
MANAGEMENT:
- input or output controls
- ecosystem based management: more thorough and complex
- quotas -> use ITQs -> issues with selling them or with allocation in general
- we need a major discussion on taxes and quotas ***BIG******
We also realized it is important to foster contacts soon, so while it is critical to get our information and website up and better, it is also critical to talk to people.....
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