| Description |
viii, 240 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Why and how do governments manage fisheries ? -- Why do governments manage fisheries? -- How do governments manage fisheries? -- 3. A brief overview of ITQ fisheries -- Australian ITQ fisheries -- International ITQ-managed fisheries -- 4. Fishing entitlements and property law -- What are property rights? -- What property right characteristics do ITQs posses? -- Australian case law -- Modification, extinguishment and acquisition of fishing entitlements -- Mining and petroleum cases: acquisition on just terms -- Case law from other countries -- 5. Quota allocation -- Allocation formulae -- Legal background -- Case law on quota allocation -- 6. Quota allocation: principles and process -- Principles underlying quota allocation -- Institutional options for determining quota allocation -- 7. Compliance and enforcement -- Quota monitoring: the paper trail approach -- Quota monitoring: the dockside model -- Additional compliance tools -- An integrated system for catch and effort reporting -- Enforcement -- 8. Discarding -- High-grading -- Over-quota catches -- Evidence of the size of the problem -- Monitoring of discarding -- Policy options -- 9. Management costs -- Impact of ITQs on management costs -- The need for cost benefit analysis -- 10. Setting the total allowable catch -- Stock assessment requirements under output controls -- ITQ management and data fouling -- Setting the TAC -- Multi-species considerations -- 11. Social considerations -- Potential negative social impacts of ITQs -- Policy options to minimise negative social impacts -- Can the fishing sector remain frozen in time? -- 12. Other issues -- Quota registries: operational issues -- Tax considerations -- Management of non-quota species |
| Summary |
Draws together the growing body of practical experiences of quota systems both in Australia and internationally with the aim of helping fisheries managers and fisherpersons make informed decisions on how to make quota systems work in practice |
| Analysis |
Fishing quotas |
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Government regulation |
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Cases (Law) |
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Australia overseas comparisons |
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Interstate comparisons |
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Statistics |
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Federal issue |
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State issue |
| Notes |
Available from: 12 Kaleula Crescent, KIAMA, NSW, 2533 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and Fisheries Economics, Research and Management Pty Ltd |
| Subject |
Fisheries -- Economic aspects -- Australia.
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Sustainable fisheries -- Australia.
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Fisheries -- Catch effort -- Australia.
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Fishery management -- Australia.
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| Author |
Geen, Gerry.
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Sen, Sevaly.
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Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (Australia)
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Fisheries Economics, Research & Management
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| LC no. |
2001391216 |
| ISBN |
0646385232 |
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