. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. i e I d notes Conflict or Consensus Between Anglers and Watermen? Conflicts are inevitable when people compete to achieve or reach the same end. In coastal North Carolina, conflicts over using or harvesting re- sources are heating up as more people vie to catch the same fish, use the same water or occupy the same beach. Nowhere are coastal conflicts more visible or audible than in the arena of commercial and recreational fishing. The two groups are verbally tussling over issues such as bycatch, the rights
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. i e I d notes Conflict or Consensus Between Anglers and Watermen? Conflicts are inevitable when people compete to achieve or reach the same end. In coastal North Carolina, conflicts over using or harvesting re- sources are heating up as more people vie to catch the same fish, use the same water or occupy the same beach. Nowhere are coastal conflicts more visible or audible than in the arena of commercial and recreational fishing. The two groups are verbally tussling over issues such as bycatch, the rights to certain fishing grounds, catch limits/ quotas and gear restrictions. Sometimes the disagreements are quietly stated; other times, as in the case of a recent dispute over fishing rights to The Point at Hatteras Island, tempers flare and the exchange becomes more heated. Each group tries to wield political power, and each boasts of its economic importance to the coastal economy. Caught in the middle of these feud- ing factions are management agencies such as the Division of Marine Fisheries and the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. They must allevi- ate the pressures that sometimes build as recreational and commercial fishermen square off. But how do they resolve these con- flicts? Are these strifes real or just per- ceived? And how many of the disagree- ments are based on misinformation and rumor? To examine conflict between recre- ational and commercial fishermen, Sea Grant researchers David Griffith and Jeff Johnson went straight to the source — the fishermen themselves. These East Carolina University social scientists wanted to determine the basis for dis- agreement between recreational and commercial fishermen and what, if any, common ground existed. The social scientists also wanted to learn if there was consensus within each group. Do all sport anglers and all com- mercial watermen concur on what the problems are? First, Griffith, Johnson and their gradu
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