Dockside Enforcement Vital for Enforcing Catch Share Systems
(Washington, June 12, 2012) Environmental Law Institute (ELI) staff today published a study in Marine Policy providing quantitative evidence that the introduction of catch shares for fisheries management results in significant changes to enforcement practice and compliance behavior. Catch share programs are replacing effort-based fisheries management because they provide fishermen with incentives to support sustainability. However, the relationship of these programs with compliance and enforcement behavior is not well