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How to Make Individual Transferable Quotas Work Economically, Socially, and Environmentally
"There is general consensus that the world’s wild fish stocks are susceptible to overfishing and that many are indeed currently overfished. The consequences of such overfishing are devastating for biodiversity, food security, revenues, incomes, and jobs. This situation has led to many proposals over the years that seek to arrest the unsustainable use of wild fishery resources, including the implementation of limited entry schemes, licenses, total allowable catches (TACs), seasonal and area closures, gear restrictions, marine protected areas (MPAs), and individual transferable quotas (ITQs) or, more broadly, catch shares..." - By Phillip Fearnside
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History of Agriculture in the United States
"Agriculture is at the very center of the human enterprise; its trappings are in evidence all around, yet the agricultural past is an exceptionally distant place from modern America. While the majority of Americans once raised a significant portion of their own food, that ceased to be the case at the beginning of the 20th century..." - By Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
