Indigenous fishing rights are partially recognized via allocation of commercial quota rights to tribes. Concern exists, however, that the allocation of commercial quota rights to indigenous groups without restrictions on how the benefits from quota holdings can be allocated and exchanged will lead to class segregation within indigenous groups. Scholars...
In 1986, New Zealand implemented the world’s first comprehensive individual transferable quota management system for fisheries, designed to ensure sustainable use of fish resources by restricting take levels. Today, fewer people are fishing less frequently, often using with more efficient capture technologies. Drawing on ethnographic research with Maori fishing communities...