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. Donald Leal, PERC's research director, and Mark Lundsten, a former boat captain on the Bering Sea, combine research and industry experience to describe what happens when open-access fishing is replaced with catch share management. The change has brought a stunning turn about in the lives, the incomes of fishermen, and in the health of depleted fisheries.
Click here to find out more about PERC's work on property rights in marine fisheries.
Founded 30 years ago in Bozeman, Montana, PERC—the Property and Environment Research Center—is the nation’s oldest and largest institute dedicated to improving environmental quality through property rights and markets.
PERC’s publications, each designed to resonate with specific groups, move ideas generated at PERC to broader audiences.
Research is at the heart of PERC's work, with a focus on the question: What is the link between economic growth and environmental quality?
The goal of PERC’s programs is to fully realize the vision of establishing “PERC University,” where scholars, students, policy makers, and others convene to expand the applications of free market environmentalism.
PERC's fellowships share a common goal of exposing new scholars, students, journalists, and policy makers to free market environmentalism, as well as enable scholars already familiar with FME to explore new applications.
PERC continues to publish and present a broad range of research and discussion through podcasts, videos, and other multimedia channels.