Transferable fishing rights in the form of individual transferable catch quota (ITQ) have been
introduced into a large number of fisheries worldwide, mainly to achieve resource …

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This paper describes the main developments, issues, and disputes surrounding Iceland's
fisheries and the individual transferable quota (ITQ) system governing them. The path to the …

Individual fishing quotas give fishers incentives to reduce costs (or increase productivity),
lengthen the harvest season and increase price by improving catch quality. To what extent …

Rights-based management of fishery resources theoretically allows firms to minimize the
cost of extraction without the threat that other harvesters will take their allocations, but added …

This article provides an estimate of resource rent creation and its distribution in Icelandic
fisheries, which have been administered by an individual transferable quota (ITQ) …

User rights in fisheries refer to the rights of fishers to harvest from fish resources. In terms of
exclusivity, security, duration and transferability these rights can be strong or they can be …

Commercial fishers are constantly exposed to many risk factors, making it a dangerous
occupation. Fisheries management that limits access and catches can give rise to well …

The individual quota (IQ) system is a rights-based management system that has been
implemented in many countries, despite its lack of quota transferability. The purpose of this …

Understanding environmental constraints and associated physiological adaptations of
culture organisms is key for the implementation of off-shore grow-out facilities. In the …