labor market. For instance, men who are 

 unemployed now may not have marketable 

 skills; men who have marketable skills may 

 not have information about available jobs or 

 may have very restricted mobility; job struc- 

 ture may be such that it precludes entry of 

 unskilled workers; those who are trainable 

 may not have access to adequate training 

 facilities or programs. Given time, however, 

 some of these market imperfections may be 

 reduced, partially through deliberate planning 

 and partially through autonomous changes 

 in the labor market itself. For instance, the 

 quality of job information and job counselling 

 can be improved; training programs may be 

 initiated; jobs may be restructured; local 



economic development may generate new de- 

 mands for labor; the lobster fishery itself, if 

 efficiently managed by fewer fishermen, may 

 need additional helpers. 



It is a reasonable expectation that if a 

 management strategy results in an improved 

 return to both labor and capital and if de- 

 liberate efforts are made to aid the process 

 of adjustment, net social gains are likely to 

 materialize in the long run. Although the 

 present study did not consider, nor was in- 

 tended to consider, any specific management 

 scheme with respect to its socioeconomic 

 impact, it did generate data pertinent to such 

 an evaluation. 



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