A decade of ITQ-management in Icelandic fisheries: consolidation without consensus

Icelandic fisheries have been managed by individual transferable quotas (ITQs) for a decade but there is still no consensus about the quota issue. Distributional effects of ITQs, in terms of income distribution between owner and crew, and the vulnerability of fisheries communities short of quota, ha...

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Main Author: Eythórsson, Einar
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Iceland
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308-597X(00)00021-X
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spelling ftrepec:oai:RePEc:eee:marpol:v:24:y:2000:i:6:p:483-492 2024-04-14T08:13:37+00:00 A decade of ITQ-management in Icelandic fisheries: consolidation without consensus Eythórsson, Einar http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308-597X(00)00021-X unknown http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308-597X(00)00021-X article ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:32:15Z Icelandic fisheries have been managed by individual transferable quotas (ITQs) for a decade but there is still no consensus about the quota issue. Distributional effects of ITQs, in terms of income distribution between owner and crew, and the vulnerability of fisheries communities short of quota, have been in the centre of the debate. The author discusses changes in stakeholder involvement in policy-making, conflicts of interest and legal disputes linked to the ITQ-system. By way of conclusion, some options for resolving conflicts and reaching consensus on the fisheries management issue are discussed. Fisheries management Iceland ITQs Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
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description Icelandic fisheries have been managed by individual transferable quotas (ITQs) for a decade but there is still no consensus about the quota issue. Distributional effects of ITQs, in terms of income distribution between owner and crew, and the vulnerability of fisheries communities short of quota, have been in the centre of the debate. The author discusses changes in stakeholder involvement in policy-making, conflicts of interest and legal disputes linked to the ITQ-system. By way of conclusion, some options for resolving conflicts and reaching consensus on the fisheries management issue are discussed. Fisheries management Iceland ITQs
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Eythórsson, Einar
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A decade of ITQ-management in Icelandic fisheries: consolidation without consensus
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title A decade of ITQ-management in Icelandic fisheries: consolidation without consensus
title_short A decade of ITQ-management in Icelandic fisheries: consolidation without consensus
title_full A decade of ITQ-management in Icelandic fisheries: consolidation without consensus
title_fullStr A decade of ITQ-management in Icelandic fisheries: consolidation without consensus
title_full_unstemmed A decade of ITQ-management in Icelandic fisheries: consolidation without consensus
title_sort decade of itq-management in icelandic fisheries: consolidation without consensus
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