This research examines quota trading in the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper IFQ Program using network analysis techniques …,and how IFQ management has changed participation in the fishery. …

whoreceive individual transferable fishing quota (IFQ). An integer, nonlinear optimizationmodel that incorporates an empirically … estimated, non-linear catch perunit effort function is developed to measure imputed IFQ values. The imputedquota values are …