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Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
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individual quota — a quota, e.g. a percentage, of a total allowable catch assigned to an individual, a vessel or a company, with the numbers of the latter limited too. A quota for a company and its fleet of vessels is usually called an enterprise allocation. Also… … Dictionary of ichthyology
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