Creation of a West Coast Regional Fisheries Marketing Organization

摘要

The West Coast (Washington, Oregon, California) fishing industry has suffered on-going problems due to its fragmented and diverse components. The industry at all levels features fiercely independent fishermen, processors, brokers and management authorities. It is proposed that an organizational approach be taken to address some of the common problems faced by both fishermen and processors. The industry should, in each of the three states, under their agricultural marketing acts, establish through a marketing order a program to promote fishery products. Legislation to so organize already exists in California and Oregon. A marketing order requires the assent of roughly two-thirds of the industry as to number of participants and volume of production. Each state organization would be authorized to cooperate with other similar state organizations and it is recommended that this be done through the existing West Coast Fisheries Development Foundation, Inc. of Portland, Oregon.