Sector Workshop Blog Archive

New England Groundfish Sector Agreements Workshop

These pages outline proceedings and documents from a workshop held on November 1 and 2, 2007, at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. The workshop was sponsored by: the Marine Law Institute of the Center for Law and Innovation at the University of Maine School of Law; the Gulf of Maine Research Institute; and the Maine Chapter of the Ocean Conservancy. It was funded by a grant from the National Sea Grant Law Center.

The text of the proceedings was generated by a real-time blog created by Scheherazade Fowler.

• Conference Objectives
• Intro to New England Fishing Sectors
• Case Study: Pollock Harvesting in Seattle
• Case Study: Cape Cod Sector Operating Agreement
• New Zealand's Cooperative Harvesting Program
• Panel Discussion: New Solutions for New England Fisheries?
• Ethics & Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods

Additional Conference Notes, Including Friday's Content

Law Students Tamara Norris and David Kallin also scribed the entire conference including Friday's break-out sessions and discussion.

• Tamara Norris's Notes, PDF
• David Kallin's Notes, PDF

Conference Materials

You can download copies of the conference materials below.

We have a packet including a glossary, a summary of legal issues in sector operating agreements, the text of 50 CFR 648.87 (also available online), and some sample membership and operating agreements (Georges Bank and the Pollack Cooperative). You can download the whole packet. Download conference_materials.pdf

You can also download copies of documents separately.

• Conference Agenda. Download Agenda.pdf
• The Hook Sector Operating Agreement.Download hook_sector_operating_agreement.pdf
• The Pollack Cooperative Agreement. Download pollock_membership_agreement.pdf
• A summary of the differences between the Pollack Cooperative and the Hook Sector Agreements. Download pcc_vs. CCHFA.pdf
• Dan Holland's powerpoint presentation. Download holland_sea_grant_sectors.ppt
• Joe Sullivan's presentation is available here. Download university_of_maine_sector_agreements_workshop_outline_sullivan_103107.doc
• Mike Arbuckle's presentation is available here. Download CLIMLI.ppt
• Drew Kitts from NOAA has shared some of his article. This paper provides background information on the Fishermen's Collective Marketing Act (and a bit about Capper-Volstead) Download Cooperatives_in_US_fisheries_Kitts_Edwards.pdf
• This paper reviews developments pertaining to decentralized fisheries management in the NE. Download Final_published_version_Marine_policy.pdf
• This paper reviews the activities of a de-facto sector in the tilefish fishery. It touches on formal vs. informal group agreements. Download Marine_Policy_31_Final_Journal_versionpdf.pdf
• Joe Sullivan's article about fishing cooperatives and antitrust law can be found on the Web here.

Workshop Partners

The following organizations jointly produced this event: