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7 Conclusions and Recommendations
Pages 136-143

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From page 136...
... Overall, this committee finds that the program appears on-route to accomplishing the goals set out in the authorizing legislation: to provide communities with the means to develop ongoing commercial fishing activities, create employment opportunities, attract capital, develop infrastructure, and generally promote positive social and economic conditions. Because the program is still relatively new, the data necessary for detailed evaluation are limited and it is not yet possible to recognize long-term trends.
From page 137...
... Some controversy has surrounded the uncertainty about the intended beneficiaries of the program essentially, whether the program is intended primarily for the Native Alaskan residents of the participating communities, and, if not, review the governance structures to ensure that non-native participation is possible. Similarly, there has been dissatisfaction among segments of the fishing industry that are not involved, either directly or as partners of CDQ groups, that the program unfairly targets a particular population for benefits; this conflict is inevitable, given that the CDQ program is designed to provide opportunities for economic and social growth specifically to rural western Alaska.
From page 138...
... The diversity of infrastructural investments, training programs, and financial strategies adopted by the CDQ groups does, in our judgment, appropriately reflect varying circumstances and reasoned approaches to diverse problems. To some extent the development plans were shaped by uncertainty about the duration of the CDQ program and by the restriction that the CDQ plans must focus on fishery development.
From page 139...
... This would include internships and technical training for direct employment with the industrial fishing partners of the CDQ groups, formal university education in fields pertinent to the development goals of native residents, and training of administrators and board members of CDQ organizations. The ultimate objectives would be to develop both the business acumen and labor productivity of village residents.
From page 140...
... Development of Human Resources Education, training, and other activities to develop human resources in the participating communities are an explicit part of the CDQ program mandate and a key element in ensuring the program's success because stable, healthy communities depend as much on people as on economics. Recommendations · To be truly effective, the CDQ groups must have education and training elements.
From page 141...
... Program Duration The CDQ program must be a long-term program because it deals with a long-term issue: development of healthy, sustainable communities in coastal Alaska. Long-term economic development requires stability in the underlying policy base so decision-makers can make choices that balance current and future needs.
From page 142...
... As the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council considers the Alaskan CDQ experience and the differential performance of the CDQ groups, it should recognize that CDQs constitute only one possible model for community development in fisheries. But if CDQ-type programs are seriously considered for the western Pacific the committee recommends: · CDQ-type programs in the western Pacific would need to define realistic goals that fit within Council purposes and plans, and definitions of eligible communities would need to be crafted carefully.
From page 143...
... Although it is logical to require initially that all reinvestment of profits be only in fishery-related activities because the initial objective of the CDQ program is to help the participating communities establish a viable presence in this capital intensive industry, over time there should be more flexibility in the rules governing allocation of benefits perhaps still requiring most benefits to be reinvested in fishing and fisheries-related activities but allowing some portion to go to other community development activities. This will better suit the long-term goal of the program, which is development of opportunities for communities in western Alaska.


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