It's ironic that this post should appear on the day of my return from a summer in
Nova Scotia. The Canadian govt. imposes quota total limits on tonnage of ground fish
(cod, haddock, halibut if you should be lucky enough to catch one), but only in the
case of lobster are licenses bought and sold. I
Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Bill Rosenberg wrote:
>
> >Not sure what the story is in Australia, but in New Zealand, a
> >"total allowable
> >catch" is calculated for each fish species, and then converted into property
> >rights - fishing "quota" in tonnes of catch - which can be bought and sold.
> >
Bill Rosenberg wrote:
>Not sure what the story is in Australia, but in New Zealand, a
>"total allowable
>catch" is calculated for each fish species, and then converted into property
>rights - fishing "quota" in tonnes of catch - which can be bought and sold.
>There are hefty penalties, including
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Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 5:48 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:875] Re: Overfishing versus Conservation
> Not sure what the story is in Australia, but in New Zealand, a "total
allowable
> catch" is calculated for each fish species, and then converted into
property
> rights - fis
Not sure what the story is in Australia, but in New Zealand, a "total allowable
catch" is calculated for each fish species, and then converted into property
rights - fishing "quota" in tonnes of catch - which can be bought and sold.
There are hefty penalties, including forfeiture of fishing vessel
