Management Mechanisms
Many countries have set up Ministries/Government Departments, named "Ministry of Fisheries" or similar, controlling aspects of fisheries within their exclusive economic zones. Four categories of management means have been devised, regulating either input/investment, or output, and operating either directly or indirectly:
| Inputs | Outputs | |
|---|---|---|
| Indirect | Vessel licensing | Catching techniques |
| Direct | Limited entry | Catch quota and technical regulation |
Technical means may include:
- prohibiting devices such as bows and arrows, and spears, or firearms
- prohibiting nets
- setting minimum mesh sizes
- limiting the average potential catch of a vessel in the fleet (vessel and crew size, gear, electronic gear and other physical "inputs".
- prohibiting bait
- snagging
- limits on fish traps
- limiting the number of poles or lines per fisherman
- restricting the number of simultaneous fishing vessels
- limiting a vessel's average operational intensity per unit time at sea
- limiting average time at sea
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