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Despite growing evidence of their effectiveness, catch-share programs are still a relative rarity. Only 121 of the more than 11,000 fisheries Costello and his team studied were using the system. But Gunnar Knapp, an economist at the University of Alaska, says the idea of privatizing fish is catching on as fishermen realize that it may be the best way to protect fish - and their own jobs...
...leads to unfair consolidation: as large companies buy and amass quotas, smaller operators can't compete with the low prices those big firms can afford to set because they're selling more. Others have raised concerns about the privatization of what has traditionally been considered a public resource. But Knapp says the biggest problem with fish quotas is figuring out how to allocate them fairly in the first place. "It's analogous to open range land that you divide up and give to ranchers," Knapp says. "If you come back in 10 years and ask the ranchers how they feel...
...came away from the blustery weekend happy with their results.The co-ed sailing team took fourth place out of 18 teams at the Boston Dinghy Club Cup, held on Harvard’s home turf of the Charles River.Meanwhile, the women’s team competed in the Mosbacher-Knapp Trophies in Branford, Conn., a co-ed regatta.The Crimson placed 13th in the 16-team field in the event that also served as the Ivy League championship.BOSTON DINGHY CLUB CUPHarvard’s co-ed squad sailed to a fourth-place finish at the Boston Dinghy Club...
...kind of guy who puts the team on his back.” No other Crimson competitor made it past the second round of consolation. Still, Weiss found promise in the performances of senior Billy Colgan, freshman Michael Sadler, and sophomores Fred Rowsey and Andrew Knapp. “It may be the end of the year, but it’s also a springboard,” he said. “We look back [at these bouts] and say, ‘Let’s make the performance better...
...Knapp was not alone in praising O’Connor’s attitude...