@article{ref1,
title="Impacts of rationalization on exposure to high winds in Alaska's crab fisheries",
journal="Journal of agromedicine",
year="2019",
author="Petesch, Tess and Pfeiffer, Lisa",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1-10",
abstract="<b>Objectives</b>: Safety at sea is an often overlooked aspect of well-being that fisheries management actions can affect, even when management actions are not intended to affect safety. Catch shares management has been associated with longer fishing seasons and a decline in the intensity of competition among fishers. This study assesses changes in exposure of Alaska's commercial crab fisheries to relatively high-risk weather conditions after rationalization, or catch shares management, was implemented. <b>Methods</b>: We compare the rates of fishing in high-wind conditions in the Bristol Bay red king and the Bering Sea snow/tanner crab fisheries pre- and post-rationalization. We also compare results to a portion of the crab fishery that did not undergo the same change in management. <b>Results</b>: The rate of high wind fishing in the snow/tanner crab fishery fell post-rationalization, but increased in the red king crab fishery. <b>Conclusion</b>: When the red king and snow/tanner crab fisheries are considered together, rationalization led to longer seasons and improved flexibility to choose when to fish according to weather conditions. The snow crab fishery experienced a marked decline in higher-risk fishing after rationalization. <br><br>RESULTS are contrary to expectations for the king crab fishery because the flexibility in trip timing provided by the program produced a shift in their season toward winter months when average wind speeds are higher.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1059-924X",
doi="10.1080/1059924X.2019.1646683",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2019.1646683"
}