Browsing by Subject "Sprat"

An increasing number of fisheries utilize rights-based management approaches for achieving economic, social and environmental sustainability. It is widely accepted that fisheries management is to a large extent about managing human behaviour, hence social acceptance is prerequisite for a successful management regime. Based on stakeholder interviews, this study analyses the opinions related to the recently implemented individual transferable quota (ITQ) system for the Finnish herring and sprat fisheries. Similarly, opinions were collected in 2007 by Kulmala et al. related to a possible implementation of ITQs, thus creating a unique opportunity to compile results from both a pre and post individual quota management implementation scenario. In 2007, it was suggested that fishers would largely support an ITQ system in Finland. Accordingly, this study implies that most of the Finnish stakeholders are content with the properties of the new system, however inequalities were perceived among fishers targeting fish for human consumption. In general, the system is expected to achieve its primary goal of improved economic efficiency within the fishery industry.