


“Catch shares” is a general term associated with several fisheries management strategies that allocate a specific portion of the total allowable fishery catch to individuals, cooperatives, communities, or other entities.
Atlantic Sea Scallops IFQ (2010)
Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog (1990)
Golden Tilefish (2009)
Wreckfish (1991)
No catch share programs
Red Snapper (2007)
Grouper and Tilefish (2010)
Aleutian Islands Pollock (2005)
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Groundfish (Non-Pollock) Cooperatives - Amendment 80 (2008)
Community Quota and License Programs and Community Quota Entities
No catch share programs
Note: From 1996 to 2002, there was a congressional moratorium on the establishment of new IFQ programs.
In 2007, Congress reauthorized the Magnuson-Stevens Act, Section 303A with provisions for limited access privilege programs.