"Because many of the proponents and opponents of any given management action argue their position in terms of the effect on the watermen it is necessary to have a practical basis for complementing industry level studies with firm level studies. There is a need for the establishment of a data base and analytical process to establish the returns and costs of harvest at the individual fishing firm level ... To accomplish these objectives a mail survey of a sample of the over 3000 Virginians who hold commercial fishing license holders was conducted."--Leaves 8, 10.

National Ocean Service (NOS)

Funding: NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.;

Virginia