catch quota
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcatchandquota
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catch
noun
uk/kætʃ/us/kætʃ/
a hidden problem ...
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quota
noun[C]
uk/ˈkwəʊ.tə/us/ˈkwoʊ.t̬ə/
a fixed, limited amount or number that is ...
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(Definition ofcatchandquotafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It therefore seems to me that if we permitted acatchquotasystem, we might find that the quotas were not taken up.
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Every crew member for whom acatchquotais allocated must have been to sea and sailed with the boat.
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Only men who are paid on a voyage should be taken into account for acatchquota.
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There is no point trying to introduce measures that are designed tocatchquotahoppers but end up causing difficulty for our own vessels.
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I believe that thecatchquotasystem could be made to work.
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The most likely situation in which a licence would be suspended or revoked would be one in which acatchquotafor a particular fishery was filled.
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However, many of us have argued for a long time that it is not simply a matter of renegotiation and dealing withcatchquotaand limitations.
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The acceptance of the catch quotas system would automatically imply the common management and control of fish resources.
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By-catches are also large: sometimes they even exceed actual catch quotas.
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Again, until recent years the catch quotas were set far too high and numbers continued to fall.
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On quotas, the document lays down certain principles on which catch quotas should be calculated.
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The fishermen want a secure future and catch quotas which will give them a good living in the years ahead.
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Agreement on access to resources and catch quotas for all candidates is scheduled to take place shortly.
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Without enforcement of limits, and without definite catch quotas and their observance, what is our future?
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Agreement on access to resources and catch quotas for all candidates is currently under discussion.
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We believe these catch quotas to be only too easy to fiddle, however.
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We must change to a genuine long-term agreement for the industry, whether on conservation, catch quotas or any other aspect.
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We have problems these days on net sizes, catch quotas, the times of fishing, and beam trawling.
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