Several changes in the governance of quotas and the economic context have marked this recent period. Faced with increasing restrictions on accessing fish stocks, various new management measures have been introduced, including individualizing fishing rights, access limits and other specific measures. The main issues arising for the Western Waters from the latest CFP reform concern the implementation of landings obligations (discard bans). It remains to be seen how these will be introduced into the Western Waters fisheries but the devolved flexibility of quota allocation within the POs is likely to play an important role in matching catch and quota holdings. The implementation of these individual fishing rights schemes and other limited access regimes reflect the European debate on transferable fishing concessions within the CFP third reform. It would be a legitimate question to ask whether public leasing among fishermen’s organisation would be a