Saving Ocean Fisheries with Property Rights is the first in a series of PERC videos that will document how Free Market Environmentalism solves real-world conservation problems. Don Leal, PERC's research director, and Mark Lundsten, a former boat captain on the Bering sea, combine research and real life to tell what happens when open access fishing is replaced with catch share management. The change has brought a stunning turn about in the lives and incomes of fishermen and in the health of depleted fisheries.
Below is a list of Don Leal's research available on the PERC web site and in book form.
COMMERCIAL FISHING
Helping Property Rights Evolve in Marine Fisheries
Governing U.S. Fisheries with IFQs
Beyond IFQs in marine fisheries
A guide for federal policy makers
Saving Fisheries with Free Markets
Bush Takes an Environmental Stand on Fishing
The Ecological Role of IFQs in U.S. Fisheries
Evolving Property Rights in Marine Fisheries
Overcoming Hurdles to IFQs in U.S. Fisheries
Individual Fishing Quotas: Long Overdue
Fencing the Fishery
A Primer for Ending The Race for Fish
The Role of IFQs in Improving Fishery Governance
Congressional Testimony
Homesteading the Oceans: The Case for Property Rights in U.S. Fisheries
RECREATIONAL FISHING
Managing Marine Recreational Fisheries
Evolving Approaches to Managing Marine Recreational Fisheries
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