Report of the National Task Force for Defining and Measuring Fishing Capacity and Efficiency and Capacity in Fisheries: Theory, Methodology, and Applications

Contents: background; II. major elements and timelines: a. training and research b. application of measures to domestic fisheries; 1. qualitative assessment of capacity (March 2000) 2. quantitative measures of capacity (August 2000) 3. formally categorizing fisheries according to levels of capacity/overcapacity (September 2000) 4. NOAA fisheries capacity report (Early 2001) III. Coordination and Staff resources IV. outreach