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In this chapter, I look at the implications of transferable quotas on the organization of production; that is, how fishing activities are structured around access to the individual and transferable quotas and how, in turn, the quotas structure the production. Therefore, this chapter will give a detailed ethnographic description of five different fishing operations and then compare them on a number of different fronts. This will direct us to some general differences in their modes of operation in relation to the vessel quota share (VQS) system and lead us to the next chapter, where the principal implications of the VQS for different modes of production will be discussed.
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In that way it was a system of individual and annual but not transferable quotas. It is my impression that the system was popular but that the amounts were too small (Personal conversation, December 2011).
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With the change from the previous ration-based system to the VQS, he would not be allowed to land any North Sea fish; but in 2006 he could get a ration on the same terms as anyone else.
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Even though he is not more than an hour’s steam from the Western Baltic.
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http://www.fiskerforum.dk/erhvervsnyt/print.asp?mode = erhverv&id = 3586 (Accessed July 10, 2012).
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In the 8 year period the restrictions on buying small shares of VQS are looser, which should make it easier for new entrants to by smaller amounts of VQS if these are for sale.
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In 2001 it was traded for 700,000 DKR and then again in November 2007 for 4,550,000 DKR before it was sold without VQS.
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He is referring to the decline in the cod TAC that means the number of use-values of cod VQS is lower; and hence a large group of fishers are now leasing Norwegian lobster to fill the gap from the missing cod.
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This ship was from 1986, and its value at that time was 1,475,000 DKR. In 2006 they bought it for 1,800,000 DKR, and after stripping it for rights (VQS, tonnage, kilowatts) it was sold as a “retired fishing vessel” for 30,000 DKR.
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At the time of the interview, December 2011, they were four but planning to hire one more crewmember for the coming year.
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Høst, J. (2015). Access and Fishing Activities. In: Market-Based Fisheries Management. MARE Publication Series, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16432-8_5
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