. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Photo by Bob McDonald. A bounty of Florida scallops lured North Carolina fishermen south And their mobility has implications for fisheries management plans inside and outside North Carolina. Orbach and Johnson want to learn what factors influence the fishermen's movement and how their mobility af- fects the fishing industry and other businesses—processors, distributors and marine supply companies. And the team will examine management networks to see what consideration migratory fishermen are given when pla
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Photo by Bob McDonald. A bounty of Florida scallops lured North Carolina fishermen south And their mobility has implications for fisheries management plans inside and outside North Carolina. Orbach and Johnson want to learn what factors influence the fishermen's movement and how their mobility af- fects the fishing industry and other businesses—processors, distributors and marine supply companies. And the team will examine management networks to see what consideration migratory fishermen are given when plans and policies are made. With information from this project, fisheries managers can do a better job of assessing the impacts of manage- ment plans on all fishermen. In another study, David Griffith will size up the labor needs of the state's seafood processing industry. The industry is labor intensive, and the work force is based on community and kinship ties. But the seafood processing industry is growing. Is there enough labor available for its expansion? That's what Griffith wants to find out. He will work with the shellfish and finfish processing industries to determine how socioeconomic, demographic and social factors affect labor availability. By using this infor- mation, he can assess and predict the labor supply at various locations. New industries can use Griffith's results to choose locations for new plants; older plants can make better decisions about expansion. And management agencies can predict how policy decisions (catch limits or shor- tened seasons) in one sector of the fishery will affect other sectors (the processing labor force). The researchers: Mike Orbach, Department of Sociol- ogy, Anthropology and Economics, East Carolina University Jeff Johnson, Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources, East Carolina University David Griffith, Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources, East Carolina University Catch of the day North Carolina menhaden fisher- men
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