Drawing on history, economics, and legislative and institutional processes, Hannesson provides a lucid, sometimes provocative, but always stimulating account of the development and implementation of property rights in fisheries. He begins with the English enclosures and ends with a description and evaluation of current systems around the world.
Lee G. Anderson, Professor, University of Delaware
"[Hannesson's] clear, incisive analysis of various access and utilization schemes undertaken across the world deserves the engagement of all academics and practitioners preoccupied with the sustainability of fisheries."
Times Higher Education Supplement
"The Privatization of the Oceans is a fascinating look into the early development of ITQs around the world and a great starting point for anyone interested in learning more about the evolution of private property rights in fisheries."
Stephanie Showalter, The SandBar
"Should anyone own the oceans' fish? The Privatization of the Oceans tackles this controversial question in a lucid exposition of the history, politics, and economics of fisheries. With insight and wit, Rögnvaldur Hannesson explains how the global trend toward property rights in fisheries is the contentious but unavoidable path to economic prosperity."
Susan Hanna, Professor of Marine Economics, Oregon State University