Polarization at sea: The emerging legal crisis of poleward shifts in marine fisheries

For Rhode Island, the Americas Blueprint report also described the dysfunction that results from mismatched quotas and historic fishery involvement. Because Rhode Island had not traditionally been involved in certain fisheries traditionally found to the south, they were not only unable to land the fish they were catching, they also lacked a seat on the mid-Atlantic FMC, which would give them a voice in relevant quota allocations. [...]shifting distributions have led to quota allocation, FMC representation, state program planning, and fishery economic impacts.