The 1996reauthorizationoftheMagnuson–StevensFishery
Management andConservationAct(MSA)putamoratoriumon
any newindividualfishingquota(IFQ)systemsinUSfisheries.
The moratoriumwasoriginallysupposedtolast5years,but
effectively stoppeddevelopmentofanynewITQsystemsuntilthe
next reauthorizationoftheMSAoveradecadelater