Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. Which fishery management measures one selects should depend on the purposes for which one is managing. This process is significantly fUrther complicated when one seeks to manage transboundary stocks, of which the East Coast US/Canadian fisheries are an example, There are marked differences between the purposes for which the US seeks to manage the fisheries in our exclusive economic zone and those for which the Canadians manage. At least in theory, under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act, management measures have conservation as their primary focus, modified by social, economic, and ecological factors. The Canadians, on the other hand, have for many years managed for predominantly socio-economic results. With the boundary decision from the ICJ imminent, we are reexamining alternative bilateral approaches, These could fall into two major categories: (l) No transboundary fishing, without or with a bilateral, bivlogically-oriented mechanisM with separate national measured to achie agreed-upon yields; or (2) US fishing in the Canadian zone, or perhaps even reeiprocal fishing; this approach, however, would have to be carefully negotiated to handle conflicts on the grounds´ competition in the market and how we might deal with this 1 and problems of bargaining interests of one fishery for another. This paper will outline various possibilities and how these could be developed to achieve different goals.
