under lapps and ifq regimes major reductions in capacity have occurred in the bsai crab surf clamocean quahog south atlantic wreckfish and alaska halibut sablefish fisheries in addition harvest cooperatives were established in two federally managed fisheries starting in the mid and late s pacific coast whiting and bering sea pollock resulting in rationalized harvesting operations and reduction in overcapacity or transfer of some overcapacity to other fisheries a new cooperative was recently implemented in the bsai groundfish nonpollock fishery in the administration including in its ocean action plan an emphasis on increasing the use of marketbased approaches to fisheries management