Rural Community Development

IATP works to evaluate the potential impact of fisheries standards and policies on rural community development, including collaboration with academic researchers from a number of different institutions and areas of expertise.

We are often called upon to provide organizational and strategic technical assistance to community groups working to protect fish habitats, including major river and estuarine systems. Over the past two years, this has included work focused on the Mississippi, Missouri, Red, Columbia and Delaware Rivers and on the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay. IATP staff have prepared major studies and economic analyses to help shape innovative and influential public policy recommendations.