Editing Angling (section)

=== Slot limits ===
{{main|Slot limit|Individual fishing quota}}
Slot limits prohibit the harvest of fish where the [[fish measurement|measured length]]s (from the [[snout]] to the end of the [[Caudal fin|tail fin]]) fall within a protected interval.<ref>Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. "Minnesota Fishing Regulations 2011". 2011.</ref> These are put in action to help protect certain fish (usually [[juvenile fish|juvenile]]) in a given area. They generally require anglers to [[catch and release|release captured fish]] if they fall within a given size range, allowing anglers to keep only smaller (though rare) or larger fish.<ref name="fla">{{cite web|title=Fishing limits – What is a slot limit?|url=http://myfwc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1136/~/fishing-limits---what-is-a-slot-limit%3F|publisher=Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission|access-date=20 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208060406/http://myfwc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1136/~/fishing-limits---what-is-a-slot-limit|archive-date=8 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="ks">{{cite web|title=What are slot limits?|url=http://www.kdwpt.state.ks.us/news/Fishing/Fishing-FAQ/License-and-Regulation-Questions/What-are-slot-limits|publisher=Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism|access-date=20 October 2011}}</ref> Slot limits vary from water to water depending on what local officials believe would produce the best outcome for managing fish populations.

Individual fishing quota (IFQ), also known as individual transferable quota (ITQ), is a kind of ''[[catch share]]'' that sets a [[species]]-specific [[Common Fisheries Policy#Total allowable catch|total allowable catch]] (TAC), typically by weight and for a given time period. A dedicated portion of the TAC (called "quota share") is then allocated to individual fishermen, and can typically be transferable (i.e. bought, sold or leased). As of 2008, 148 major fisheries (generally, a single species in a single [[fishing ground]]) around the world had adopted some variant of this approach,<ref name=mfl>{{cite web|url=http://fiesta.bren.ucsb.edu/~costello/research/CatchShares/ITQ_Managed_Fisheries_List_Map.pdf|title=ITQ Managed Fisheries List Map|access-date=May 3, 2010|first1=Christopher |last1=Costello |first2=Steven D. |last2=Gaines |first3=John |last3=Lynham|year=2008}}</ref> along with approximately 100 smaller fisheries in individual countries. Approximately 10% of the marine harvest was managed by ITQs as of 2008.<ref name=chu>{{cite journal|last=Chu |first=Cindy|year=2008|journal=Fish and Fisheries|volume=10|issue=2|pages=217–230|title=Thirty years later: the global growth of ITQs and their influence on stock status in marine fisheries|doi=10.1111/j.1467-2979.2008.00313.x}}</ref>{{rp|218}} The first countries to adopt individual fishing quotas were the [[Netherlands]], [[Iceland]] and Canada in the late 1970s, and the most recent is the United States Scallop General Category IFQ Program in 2010<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web |year=2010 |title=Catch Share Spotlight No. 15 Scallop General Category IFQ Program |url=http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/domes_fish/catchshare/docs/scallop_general_category_ifq2010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812020727/http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/domes_fish/catchshare/docs/scallop_general_category_ifq2010.pdf |archive-date=2010-08-12 |access-date=May 3, 2010}}</ref> The first country to adopt individual transferable quotas as a national policy was New Zealand in 1986.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Lock |first1=Kelly |last2=Leslie |first2=Stefan |date=April 2007 |title=New Zealand's Quota Management System: A History of the First 20 Years |journal=Motu Working Paper No. 07-02 |publisher=[[Social Science Research Network]] |ssrn=978115}}</ref>