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12. North Pacific Halibut Fishery Management
Pages 137-150

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... But management that is too conservative leads to inefficient use of the resource. One approach to the conflict in fishery management has been to use the idea of some maximal sustainable yield that can be taken from the fishery.
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... The Commission originally had four members and now has six, drawn from industry and government. Half the members are Canadian and half are from the United States.
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... Many attempts to enact fishery treaties between the United States and Canada had failed, because they included both conservation and unrelated economic considerations (such as reciprocal port privileges)
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