The effects of buy-back programs in the British Columbia Salmon Fishery: WORKING PAPER

This record describes, and links to a working paper published through the Economics and Environment Network at The Australian National University in Canberra. The paper was prepared for the International Workshop on Fishing Vessel and License Buy-Back Programs, held at the University of California between March 22nd-24th, 2004.
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Policy makers have implemented five distinct buybacks of either vessels or salmon licenses over the past three decades in the British Columbia (BC) salmon fishery. The earliest buyback was one of the first of its kind in any fishery and the most recent buyback is one of the largest ever in terms of reducing vessel numbers and the funds used. This paper reviews the circumstances under which these buybacks were conducted with an emphasis on their impact on reducing fishing capacity and effort. The focus is on the two most recent buybacks that took place in 1996 and 1998-2000, what has been learned and what they have achieved.

本记录介绍并附带链接至一篇由堪培拉澳大利亚国立大学经济与环境网络（Economics and Environment Network）发布的工作论文。该论文为2004年3月22日至24日在加利福尼亚大学举办的国际渔船与牌照回购计划研讨会（International Workshop on Fishing Vessel and License Buy-Back Programs）筹备而成。
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过去三十年间，加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省（British Columbia，简称BC）鲑鱼渔业领域的政策制定者已先后实施五项针对渔船或鲑鱼捕捞牌照的差异化回购计划。其中最早的回购计划是全球同类渔业政策中的首批实践之一，而最新的回购计划则在缩减渔船数量与投入资金规模方面，跻身全球史上规模最大的回购项目之列。本文梳理了各项回购计划的实施背景，重点探讨其对缩减捕捞能力与作业强度的实际影响，研究核心聚焦于1996年与1998-2000年实施的两项最新回购计划，总结了从中汲取的经验教训与达成的实际成效。