The harvest strategy framework has been applied from 2005 to 2007, resulting in substantial reductions in quotas across the fishery.
The costs of the import quotas were substantial: it is estimated that the government spent between US$2.20 and US$2.43 for every dollar of imports it barred (Knight 1972).
Higher irrigation quota for conventional farming causes substantial conflicts between water supply and demand in agriculture, and wind erosion near soil surface is one of the major causes of farmland degradation and desertification in arid areas.
However, when bycatch is highly uncertain, individual quota demand and prices may be volatile creating substantial financial risk for fishermen.
From an economic standpoint, the introduction of quotas was an advantage as it guaranteed a substantial production capacity and a danger in that it ran the risk of perpetuating an uncompetitive production system.
Although the data would suggest another production cut, the cartel is likely to keep quotas on hold instead and hope for a more substantial economic recovery that feeds into demand.
The nativism of a substantial portion of the American population in the 1920s resulted in strict immigration quotas being passed by the Republican-controlled Congress.
Such a substantial increase in output would mean that OPEC would also have to adjust the quotas of individual members.
In an interview afterward, he said that while he was "uneasy" with the notion of quotas, he believed it necessary for Iraqi women to have a "very substantial presence" in political institutions.
There will be no quota for international students, but Prof. Lewis expected that they would make up a "substantial minority," with most international students coming from Asia.
