ThursdayFriday
April 29-30, 2004
102 Fishery Sciences
(auditorium)
Pete LeipzigExecutive Director, Fishermen's Marketing AssociationThe Pacific Groundfish Fishery's Road to Rationalization |
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The Pacific Groundfish fishery began well over 100 years ago. It remained a relatively stable fishery until the mid to late 1970s. An increase in the size of the fishing fleet brought increased landings. The fishery was managed by state regulations until 1982 when federal management began. Federal management included hard quotas. The fishery became a limited entry fishery in 1994; however the fleet size remained high while quotas were reduced and several species were declared overfished. The fishery was declared a fishery disaster in 2000. Efforts to reduce the fleet through a buy-back program resulted in a substantial removal of fishing permits in late 2003. Development of a trawl IFQ program is currently occurring. Central to the program is taking advantage of the reduced fleet size to ensure a satisfactory initial distribution of quota shares.
Pete received a BS in Wildlife Management and a BA in Zoology from Humboldt State University in 1973. He worked for several years for California Department of Fish and Game and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Since 1978, he has worked for the Fishermens Marketing Association, which represents groundfish and shrimp trawlers in Washington, Oregon, and California.
He has been a participant in the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) process since 1978. He has served 14 years as a groundfish advisor and 6 years as a voting Council member. He played an active role in developing and seeking Congressional support for a recent groundfish trawl buy-back program. He is currently a member of the PFMCs Trawl Individual Quota Committee and a member of NOAA Fisheries' Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC).
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