The conclusions for different regions will be synthesized into a set of recommendations for policymakers, managers and stakeholders (fishers and coastal communities).
They seized upon the spill to demand discounts from Alaska fishers and it took years for the industry to recover its bargaining power and profitability.
John Mauldin, publisher of an investment newsletter, points out that during America's 1980s savings-and-loan crisis, bottom-fishers could net perfectly good mortgages for 15 cents on the dollar.
Governments need to find ways of helping small, independent farmers and fishers adapt to climate change, such as giving them money and investment for new technology, the draft said.