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DEFINITION
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In fisheries, an authorisation (access right) , given to a user (e.g. a vessel owner) by a competent fishery management authority or by legislation, to exploit a resource, a particular species, or a share of a total allowable catch. Access rights can be granted against payment or free of charge. They are usually conditional and used under constraints specified in the management plan.
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Other Definitions
An access right allows a vessel to be used in a managed fishery for such purposes and under such constraints as specified in a management plan, for example, to fish for a particular species up to specified proportion of the total allowable catch. |
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Australian Government Publishing Service (1991): Ecologically Sustainable Development Working Groups Final Report - Fisheries, Canberra, 202 p.
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