Term:
Territorial use rights in fishing (TURFs)
Definition:
Also Customary Marine Tenure (CMT) - fishery management methods that assign rights to individuals and/or groups to fish in certain locations, generally, although not necessarily, based on long-standing tradition (‘customary usage’).
Domain:
Fishery
Source:
FAO
http://www.fao.org/3/y3427e/y3427e0c.htm#TopOfPage
http://www.fao.org/3/y3427e/y3427e0c.htm#TopOfPage