An overview of the CDQ fishery program for Western Alaskan native communities
Titel:
An overview of the CDQ fishery program for Western Alaskan native communities
Auteur:
Tryon, Leeanne E.
Verschenen in:
Coastal management
Paginering:
Jaargang 21 (1993) nr. 4 pagina's 315-325
Jaar:
1993
Inhoud:
In the continually changing realm of groundfish management in the North Pacific, a new category of resource harvesting became operative as of December 1992. The Community Development Quota (CDQ) program is designed to provide western Alaskan native villages an opportunity to participate in the economic bounty of the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands pollock fishery, as well as promote local economic growth, employment, and educational opportunities. Reserving a portion of the Total Allowable Catch for these communities signifies a revolutionary new approach to resource management in the Bering Sea and to sustainable development in rural Native villages. On the surface, CDQs are similar to previous allocative measures, but closer scrutiny reveals several major variances, primarily in scope and design. To provide the reader with a useful framework in which to view the new fishery, this article will present a brief background of CDQs and potential community impacts, discuss inherent problems and implications of the program for these communities, and compare the system to a terrestrial equivalent: resource management under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971.
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