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Secure Fishing Rights

Experiences from around the world show that sustainable management is possible when fishermen are given a secure share of the catch in exchange for strong accountability to science-based limits.

Individually-Allocated Fishing Rights

An approach to sustainable fisheries

United States Alaska Halibut and Sablefish Fixed Gear Individual Fishing Quota Program

Country: United States of America | Start Year: 1995 Key design elements include low concentration limits, restrictions on trading, strict shareholder eligibility requirements and the allocation of a percentage of the shares to the Community Development Quota program. ...

Danish Pelagic and Demersal Individual Transferable Quota Programs

Country: Denmark | Start Year: 2003 Important features of the catch share program include quota set-asides for small vessels and new entrants; fishpools, which promote cooperation and coordination among participants; and discard reduction programs.

United States Mid-Atlantic Golden Tilefish Individual Fishing Quota Program

Country: United States of America | Start Year: 2009 A discard prohibition and incidental tilefish catch limit for non-IFQ vessels ensure all sources of tilefish fishing mortality are accounted for.

Peruvian Anchoveta Northern-Central Stock Individual Vessel Quota Program

Country: Peru | Start Year: 2009 Two fishing seasons per year help to manage the short-lived stock. Restrictions on transferability help limit consolidation. Each year, a 5 million metric ton reserve of anchoveta biomass is set aside to promote long term stock health. ...

Argentine Individual Transferable Quota Program

Country: Argentina | Start Year: 2010 Quota set-asides give managers the flexibility to address fishery specific social and biological goals, while the multi-criteria allocation process incentivized investment in the domestic economy and compliance with fishing regulatio...

British Columbia Integrated Groundfish Program

Country: Canada | Start Year: 2006 Key design elements include quota set-asides, which are meant to encourage community development and incentivize positive treatment of crew. It also requires 100% individual accountability of all catch.
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