PREFACE 



Until recent years only biological or technical aspects of fisheries con- 

 servation have advanced beyond esoteric professional journals or smoke- 

 filled back rooms to be given serious consideration when formulating work- 

 ing management programs. In recent years the social sciences, especially 

 economics with its emphasis on rational management, have gained some 

 respectability beyond mere conceptual discussion. 



With the mounting urgency of fishery management problems serving 

 as a catalyst, the National Marine Fisheries Service has multiplied its 

 research in this area, aided in part by the rapidly growing Sea Grant pro- 

 gram formerly within the National Science Foundation and now incorpor- 

 ated within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 



Within the past two years much progress has been made. To aid in 

 assimilating these results and to provide some sense of a proper future 

 direction for both research and the design of management programs, the 

 National Marine Fisheries Sei"vice convened a Workshop on November 

 5 and 6, 1970. Invited were virtually all known researchers in Fishery 

 Economics throughout the world, many administrators, and researchers 

 in related disciplines. 



What follows in this circular are the papers presented at this workshop, 

 with an introduction which makes a first attempt at distilling the combin- 

 ed impact of these papers. 



As editor I wish to thank all the authors for their diligent cooperation. 

 The services of the secretarial staff of the Division of Economic Research, 

 especially Miss Carol Reese, are gratefully acknowledged. The generous 

 support of the many institutions that absorbed the financial burden of 

 travel from distant geographic regions was necessary for the ultimate 

 success of this workshop. 



The National Marine Fisheries Service sponsors the publication of 

 these papers, as it sponsored the workshop itself, to crystallize the issues 

 relating to fishing management and to stimulate further debate. As such 

 the papers present the views of the individual authors and none of the 

 material contained herein should be construed as reflecting official policy 

 statements of the National Marine Fisheries Service. 



Adam A. Sokoloski 



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