Bristol Bay boats & more permit stacking

摘要

So begins Eric Szabo's 34-page comment paper to the Restructuring Committee. In scrutinizing these papers, the level of passion regarding this issue becomes apparent. Szabo chronicles the history of vessel restrictions and makes clear that the LimitedEntry Act does exactly what the federal government desired in the 1940s when the act was mandated. He goes on to correlate the decline in value of Bristol Bay salmon (relative to the poor quality of product) that limits market options, and he cites four recent comprehensive reports documenting the causes. The message of each report: "The need to enhance quality is a prerequisite to increasing the ex-vessel prices."