Foreign fleets obtained almost 60% of the quota.
The fishery is now reopening. When it was closed 30 years ago, offshore companies still managed to slip through. However, unfortunately, other fleets were unable to turn to other fisheries. For example, shrimpers have been struggling lately. The redfish species feeds heavily on shrimp. It could be blamed for the decline in shrimp stocks, but I don't think that it's the only cause.
The decision was made to opt for a new redistribution of quotas, instead of allocating historical shares. An attempt was made to distribute quotas to other fleets that needed them, such as shrimpers.
Instead of assigning quotas of 10%, could a decision have been made to set them at 15%, 20% or 25%? If so, who could have made that decision?