Table 1.
Examples of different fisheries, their access system, the decision-making system and the spatial scale of management.
(In large-scale systems the regulations cover an area of 1000 km across, in medium scale it is on the order of 400 km, and in local scale under 100 km.)
| stock | access | decision-making | spatial scale of management |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf of Carpentaria prawns | strong limited entry; net width limits | national government | large |
| West Australian rock lobster | pot limits | state government | large |
| Chignik salmon | cooperative | state government | local |
| Canadian sablefish | ITQ | federal government | large |
| New Zealand lobster | ITQ | national government | local |
| Tasmanian abalone | ITQ | state government | large |
| BC geoduck | ITQ | federal government | medium |
| NE Chatham Rise orange roughy | ITQ | national government | small |
| Pacific halibut | ITQ | international commission | medium |
| Pacific hake US | cooperative | management council | large |
| Bering Sea pollock | cooperative | management council | large |
| Puget Sound geoduck | auction | state government | small |
| Falkland squid | auction | regional fisheries authority | large |
| Chilean artisanal fisheries | TURFs | co-management (national government–local fisher’s associations) | small |
| New England groundfish | weak limited entry | management council | medium |
| West Coast trawl | weak limited entry | management council | large |
| West Coast abalone | all commercial fisheries closed | state (USA) or federal (BC) governments | large |
| Argentinian hake | weak limited entry | management council | large |