If overcapacity is consider to exist in a fishery, a target or desired level of capacity will need to be identified and agreed upon, and appropriate measures for reducing capacity will need to be selected.A variety of management measures are available to reduce overcapacity, although the practical reality of use of the management measures is constrained by political, economic, social and technical consideration.As with the use of any management measure in fishery, there will be winners and losers as a result of capacity management program and issues of equity will need to be addressed .