Seminar Abstract:
The theory and practical application
of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs), also called IFQs by some, has generated
much controversy and heat in fisheries circles. Most people involved in fisheries
management hold a strong view, either for or against, the use of ITQs. However,
ITQs are just one of the “tools” available to fisheries managers in the “fisheries
management toolbox”. Unfortunately the controversy over the use of ITQs has
moved the focus away from addressing the wider, and more real, issues of fisheries
management.
These issues of fisheries management include:
- Establishing the frameworks (structures, processes,
relationships, etc,) that support good
fisheries management
- Clarifying and specifying the rights of all fisheries
stakeholders
- Creating and applying the correct suite of incentives
(and corresponding responsibilities) within the
established frameworks that encourage good fisheries management
- Creating an open and transparent fisheries management
system that engages all stakeholders
- Ensuring that the “fisheries managers’ toolbox” contains
all the appropriate tools
- Setting (and meeting) environmental targets and bottom
lines that ensure the sustainability of
fisheries resources and the ecosystems that support them
- Explicitly incorporating social, economic and cultural
goals into the fisheries management
system
ITQs were introduced into New Zealand’s commercial fisheries in 1986. Before
1986 New Zealand fisheries were mainly managed using input controls with few
restrictions on total removals. ITQs filled a large management void, and
they quickly became the dominant focus of New Zealand’s fisheries management
system. Because of this dominant focus, New Zealand’s fisheries management
system has evolved over the last 15 years with ITQs as its cornerstone. In
this lecture I describe how the fisheries management issues listed above have
been addressed in New Zealand’s rights based system.
Speaker Bio:
John Annala has served as Chief
Scientist for New Zealand’s Ministry of Fisheries since 1995.
John has over 25 years experience working on marine fisheries research,
stock assessment and management in New Zealand and overseas. He has
served on and currently serves on both national and international fisheries
commissions, including roles as co-leader of the New Zealand delegation to
the FAO Conference on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem and as
a member of the United States National Research Council for review of the
application of Individual Transferable Quotas in the US fishery management
systems. His experience in international fisheries research and management
also includes work establishing a fisheries research center for ICLARM in
Egypt, chair of the stock assessment group of the Commission for the Conservation
of Southern Bluefin Tuna, and member of the Great Barrier Marine Park Authority
review panel to assess impacts of fishing on the Great Barrier Reef.
Readings:
Burke, D.L. 2000
. Management infrastructure for rights-based fishing. In: Use of Property
Rights in Fisheries Management, FAO Fisheries Technical
Paper 404/1, pp. 58-65. FAO, Rome.
Edwards, M. 2000
. The administration of fisheries management by property rights. In: Use
of Property
Rights in Fisheries Management, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 404/1, pp. 75-88.
FAO, Rome.
Hart, P.J.B. and T.J. Pitcher. 1998
. Conflict, consent and cooperation: an evolutionary perspective
on individual human behaviour in fisheries management. In;
Reinventing Fisheries Management. Edited by Tony J.
Pitcher, Paul J.B. Hart, and Daniel Pauly. Kluwer Academic Publishers,
London.
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