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Table 12. Summary of responses to selected
questions on management and enforcement, asked in the Social and Economic
Survey administered during Round II of the Northeast Multispecies Fishery
Disaster Assistance Program |
|
Question Asked |
Survey |
|
Owner Only |
Crew Only |
| Do you feel you understand the Council/Committee management
system? |
59.1% Yes |
51.4% Yes |
| How often do you express your views to the Council or a
Committee of the Council in person or in writing over a year? |
23.1% Never
48.3% Seldom |
37.0% Never
50.3% Seldom |
| Do you think you have a basic understanding about fish
population dynamics? |
72.4% Yes |
75.1% Yes |
| Do you feel you know the important laws (like the Magnuson
Act) that guide the fisheries management process? |
65.0% Yes |
56.9% Yes |
| Do you think you know how economic information is used
in the management process? |
32.2% Yes |
26.5% Yes |
| Do you know how social/cultural information is used in
the management process? |
23.4% Yes |
12.7% Yes |