Individual transferable quotas (ITQs) in multispecies fisheries create incentives for fishermen to avoid bycatch of … species for which quota is scarce. However, when bycatch is highly uncertain, individual quota demand and prices may be … with low quotas for several overfished species with highly uncertain bycatch rates. Some fishery participants formed risk …

The fisheries resources within the EEZs of countries in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States is not being … exploited at their maximum sustainable yield. Fisheries development has however been hampered by a history of these states … fisheries sector, it is imperative that a common fisheries management and development strategy be implemented by these states …

The fisheries sector in the Philippines provides a significant contribution to the na-tional economy in terms of income … marine capture fisheries. The export of fish and related fishery products amounted to about US$400 million in the same year …. Between 1984 and 1997, the fisheries sector contributed between 3.8% to 5.0% of the national GDP and 18.4% to 20.6% of the …