EconSearch Completed Project

Project: Report on the Allocation of Shark ITQs in the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Fishery (2005)

Client: Horst Fischer

Collaborators: Fitzpatrick Teale

Summary: This report responded to specific questions regarding the allocation of fishing concessions (individual transferable quotas) and the validity of using catch history as a basis for allocation where tradeable permits already exist. Subsequent to the report expert advice was provided on the questions raised in the report before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.