Rita Curtis is Director of the Economics and Social Analysis Program, Office of Science and Technology, NOAA Fisheries, Silver Springs, Maryland. She received a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resources from the University of Maryland. Dale Squires is a Senior Scientist with NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California and Adjunct Professor Economics at the University of California San Diego. He has worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, OECD, and World Fish Center, been a visiting professor or scientist in Europe, Australia, Canada, and Asia, and has over 25 years of experience with developed and developing country fisheries in the U.S., Australia, Europe, and Asia.