Atlantic sea scallop management: an alternative rights-based cooperative approach to resource sustainability |
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| Institution: | 1. Delaware State University, 1200 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901, USA;2. Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University, 6959 Miller Avenue, Port Norris, NJ 08349, USA;3. Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, 3002 Bayside Dr., Dover, DE 19901, USA;1. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi, 703 E. Beach Dr., Ocean Springs, MS, 39564, United States;2. Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 4111 Monarch Way, 3rd Floor, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529, United States;3. Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University, 6959 Miller Ave., Port Norris, NJ, 08349, United States;4. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 1346, Gloucester Point, VA, 23062, United States;1. Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, USA;2. Colorado State University, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, USA;3. Colorado State University, Energy Institute, USA;4. Colorado State University, Department of Anthropology, USA;5. Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, USA;6. Colorado State University, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, USA;1. CEA, LIST, Laboratoire Vision et Ingénierie des Contenus, Centre d’études de Saclay, Route Nationale, 91400 Gif-sur-Yvette, France;2. CNRS, UMR 7222, ISIR, F-75005, France;3. Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7222, ISIR, F-75005, Paris, France;1. Mwanza Research Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Box 1462, Mwanza, Tanzania;2. Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;3. Department of Population Health, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK |
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| Abstract: | The effectiveness of the US Atlantic sea scallop fishery regulations has resulted in recovery from a biological standpoint. However, due to excessive harvest capability and regulatory inefficiencies, the industry is facing substantial harvesting costs and, hence, economic inefficiency. The main reason is that most regulations or restrictions do not take into account the fundamental importance of the property rights for inducing behavior more consonant with aggregate as well as individual rationality. This article conceptualizes the role and importance of property rights structures in their application to Atlantic sea scallop fishery management. Additionally, embryonic industry efforts in developing an enhancement program for this fishery may point to the need for more cooperative, area-based management strategies. By doing so, two important elements for achieving greater production and value from the scallop fishery are identified. First, establishing an ownership structure of private property rights in the form of Territorial User Rights in Fishing (TURFs) and second, having fishermen cooperate under an organizational structure, such as a harvesters’ cooperative. These elements imply that an alternative, rights-based cooperative approach may become a compatible governance arrangement and provide an incentive for the rational management of the scallop fishery. |
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