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Table 14. Summary of responses to selected questions
on goals for fisheries, asked in the Social and Economic Survey administered
during Round II of the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Disaster Assistance
Program |
|
Goal
|
Percentage of Agreement
|
|
Respondent
Category
|
Strongly
Agree
|
Agree
|
Neutral
|
Disagree
|
Strongly
Disagree
|
| Maximum economic benefits to the nation |
Owner |
24.8
|
36.7
|
24.1
|
6.3
|
4.5
|
| Crew |
15.5
|
31.5
|
37.6
|
9.9
|
2.2
|
| Harvest capacity matched to resources |
Owner |
27.6
|
45.1
|
16.1
|
6.6
|
2.4
|
| Crew |
17.1
|
43.6
|
22.7
|
9.4
|
4.4
|
| Unlimited entry in any fishery |
Owner |
7.3
|
9.1
|
12.6
|
19.2
|
49.3
|
| Crew |
9.4
|
11.0
|
18.2
|
22.7
|
34.8
|
| New entrants limited to numbers exiting |
Owner |
24.1
|
31.8
|
16.1
|
10.5
|
12.6
|
| Crew |
13.3
|
35.9
|
28.2
|
13.3
|
5.5
|
| Secure places for existing fishermen with opportunities
not reduced by new entrants |
Owner |
44.4
|
31.8
|
11.5
|
5.2
|
4.5
|
| Crew |
39.8
|
35.4
|
16.0
|
3.9
|
2.2
|
| Maximum benefits to the community |
Owner |
39.2
|
44.1
|
10.8
|
2.4
|
1.0
|
| Crew |
34.3
|
39.8
|
20.4
|
2.8
|
0.0
|
| Maximum possible number of fishermen |
Owner |
13.6
|
19.2
|
30.4
|
19.2
|
15.0
|
| Crew |
13.3
|
20.4
|
33.1
|
19.3
|
8.8
|
| Maximum possible number of fishing jobs the
resource can support |
Owner |
26.9
|
33.6
|
23.8
|
7.7
|
5.9
|
| Crew |
22.7
|
41.4
|
22.7
|
6.1
|
4.4
|