Some fishery administrators may be reluctant to relinquish authority and power. CBFM should be integrated into the national legal framework, because community-based organisations need legal recognition for their decisions to be enforceable. They can regulate the behaviour of local fishermen through informal community sanctions, but they have no control over fishermen from other communities. If they are given legal authority, they will be able to enforce regulations on fishermen outside the community. This is done, for example, in the traditional fisheries systems of Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Solomon, Fiji etc.
Compliance is built on trust.
Development of co-operative marketing would be one such incentive. It would strengthen the bargaining power of fishermen. Co-operative marketing can be combined with management. For example, the local management authority can instruct fishermen on whether fishing should be carried out on that day, after studying market trends for fish. If prices are unfavourable, fishing trips would be cancelled.