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Scope and Diversity of Privatized Services in the North Central Division
Author(s) -
Brown Michael L.,
Willis David W.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
fisheries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1548-8446
pISSN - 0363-2415
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8446(1999)024<0006:sadops>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , division (mathematics) , diversity (politics) , business , geography , political science , computer science , law , mathematics , programming language , arithmetic
Privatization is the purchase of goods and services from the private sector by governmental agencies. We conducted a survey to gather information on the current status of privatization in state, provincial, and federal agencies within the North Central Division of the American Fisheries Society. Most respondents indicated their agencies did contract services and likely would continue to do so in the future because of budget or personnel constraints. Certain activities such as fish production, specialized research, secondary data collection, engineering, computer programming, data entry, creel surveys, fish removal, and inventory activities were most likely to be contracted. However, activities closely related to the central mission (e.g., standardized sampling, data analysis) or the final decision‐making process of the agency were less likely to be contracted. A consensus among administrators was that wide‐scale privatization of management activities is counter to the long‐term conservation of fisheries resources.