The Lagoon fisheries system has experienced several
management cycles since the 1960s: it has gone from a
community-based management regime during the 1960s
to an open-access situation from 1980 to 1993, then to a
co-management system between local fishers and the
federal government during the 1999–2003 period, and
finally, to a mix of state-property regime, communalproperty
regime, and open-access during the 2005–2009
period. The latest scenario is due to a lack of regulation
enforcement, an increase in the number of outside
fishers, and several conflicts caused by various activities
interfering with the fishery system during the 2000s.