With state assistance, FCAs and FMOs monitor fisheries' resource conditions, such as fisheries stocks, while mutual monitoring among fishers prevents rule violations at the local level (design principle 4). Given the state's prevailing statutory structure and the way in which fishing activities are conducted, fishers have less opportunity to free ride and violate the agreed operational rules, while they have a strong inbuilt incentive to contribute to group benefits in order to increase individual benefits. Consequently, punishment in the form of graduated sanctions has become almost redundant (design principle 5). Internal conflicts can arise over the allocation of fishing time, space, and fishing equipment but an FCA resolves these issues effectively through face-to-face discussions without state involvement (design principle 6). Thus, state authorities allow an autonomous FCA the freedom to resolve conflicts alone.