The discussion is facilitated by the IFCA committee chair. When considering new management measures, it is the committee members, not the IFCA staff, who make the decision on whether to accept, request further evidence, or reject proposed recommendations from the IFCA officers. If accepted, by a majority vote in favour of the recommendation, the IFCA then has legislative powers to create a byelaw or use other means (such as permit conditions) to implement the management measure. If a majority of the committee members do not vote in favour of a recommendation, they can direct the IFCA staff produce more evidence, or a new proposal. The enforcement teams of the IFCA are charged with enforcing and monitoring compliance, which feeds back to inform the IFCA about the legitimacy and workability of the management they have implemented. Byelaws are reviewed every five years and many IFCAs have now adopted flexible permit-based management approaches, which afford them greater flexibility to adapt to the changes and needs that may emerge from the fishery.
The public deliberation of management that IFCAs embody through the involvement of multiple stakeholders, the decision- making powers that reside within them to legislate, and stakeholder ownership over the whole process from identification of need, through to design and ultimately enforcement of management, are the elements that make IFCAs a distinctive model of fisheries co-management.
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