The local fishers understand well the impacts of mangrove,
illegal fishing gear, except trawl, and the period of fish
spawn. Furthermore they should be offered trainings on the
operation of license system, and the benefit of license
system at lagoon level. The persistence of overfishing after
the first year of management would indicate that the
number of licenses issued was too large (i.e., their prices
were too low) or that regulations were inadequate (e.g.,
mesh size of nets were too small), and that fishing in the
Lagoon needs to be further reduced. One way to reduce
fishing is to increase license prices for the next season. At
higher prices, fewer fishers will be willing to pay for
licenses; that is, only very efficient or wealthy fishers will
buy licenses.