MILLER: NORTH AMERICAN CRAB FISHERIES REGULATIONS 



1. Fishery participants would be informed as to 



the benefits of the regulations, i.e., why they 

 are expected to observe them. 



2. They could be at least partially educated to the 



tools and rationale of fisheries management. 



3. Providing participants with a background for 



informed discussion should help to involve 

 them in managing their fishery. 



4. Making the concerns of different vested inter- 



ests public would hopefully provoke the fishing 

 industry, regulatory authorities, and legisla- 

 tors to provide reasoned support for 

 regulations. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



I thank the individuals cited in the Methods 

 section of the text for their generous cooperation 

 in supplying the bulk of the information included 

 in this review. William R. Beckman and I. B. Byrd 

 of the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, 

 NOAA, were helpful in supplying contacts and 

 regulations for States on the east and south coasts. 



M. C. Mercer, Duane E. Phinney, and R. G. Bug- 

 geln constructively criticized the manuscript. 



Considering the amount of detail in the sets of 

 regulations included and the unusual (for someone 

 not trained in the field) legal terminology em- 

 ployed, some errors are inevitable. I accept re- 

 sponsibility for these. 



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