This report reviews the range of approaches currently being used in Australia and internationally, with particular emphasis on small scale fisheries in Western Australia (WA). Small scale fisheries have a unique set of characteristics that tend to make compensation challenging – these being the limited or no trade in fishing rights (resulting in a paucity of traded market values for licences on which to base compensation), limited public information about fishing activities and financial performance, and fishers being motivated by lifestyle factors over profit.
