Using survey data collected during 2014-2016 to estimate the potential benefits of reform in the recreational red snapper fishery in the Gulf of Mexico, researchers found that a policy scenario in which recreational fishing vessels secure rights to a portion of the annual fish catch facilitates year-round fishing within baseline fish harvest limits and results in an increase in annual benefits to recreational anglers equivalent to $12.3 million, according to the authors.
Article #18-09549: "Status-quo management of marine recreational fisheries undermines angler welfare," by Joshua K. Abbott, Patrick Lloyd-Smith, Daniel Willard, and Wiktor Adamowicz.
MEDIA CONTACT: Joshua K. Abbott, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; tel: 480-965-5528; e-mail: joshua.k.abbott@asu.edu
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