How fishermen will respond to this access change and whether it will result in rationalization or consolidation of fishing rights is still uncertain, as the new policy has only been implemented since 2012. Information from PO representatives indicates that there is a growing appetite for tradeable licences within the fishery. A choice experiment survey conducted in this fishery in 2013 indicates however that the majority of fishermen involved in the fishery are opposed to such trade ability. The access restriction itself created some conflict between fishermen as some felt that they were unfairly excluded from a fishery due to not participating when stocks were low. Another area where there has been an attempt to strengthen rights based management has been in the establishment of the sentinel fishery which has a twofold aim. First to safeguard the interests of small scale fishing vessels by setting aside a fixed allocation of the quota and second to enhance the scientific knowledge base by allowing smaller vessels to fish inside an otherwise closed area and ensuring that scientists receive samples of catch from that area. The sentinel fishery is still an open access fishery for vessels under 10 m and there are fears that the 2012 access restriction will produce an increase in participation in the sentinel
fishery despite the limited quota available.