This article presents a historical analysis of the Norwegian spring spawning herring fishery. Theoretically, the study is rooted in new institutional economics (NIE). The study shows that the fishery collapsed during the 1960s because of overfishing. The underlying key drivers were unregulated open access management, technological progress, and excess capacity building. The analysis further discloses that the initial responses to the resource crisis exacerbated the underlying issues; subsidies introduced to support a fishing fleet that was not adapted to the catch base. Also, fishing for juvenile herring was allowed to protect the income of the fishers. The study argues further that the breakdown of the herring fishery represented a historical event that marked a paradigm shift from open access to closed entry fisheries management. The building of formal institutions supported the turnaround in the management path. In the aftermath of the crisis, the fishery was closed, total allowable catch regulations (TACs) were introduced, and individual vessel quotas followed a few years later. During the 1990s, the stock recovered, and herring reemerged as a key revenue driver for the pelagic fleet. Finally, some economic effects for the pelagic vessels brought about by the changed management path are outlined in the paper.

本文对挪威春季产卵鲱鱼渔业进行了历史分析。从理论上讲，该研究植根于新制度经济学（NIE）。研究表明，渔业在 1960 年代因过度捕捞而崩溃。潜在的关键驱动因素是不受监管的开放访问管理、技术进步和过剩的能力建设。分析进一步表明，对资源危机的初步反应加剧了根本问题；为支持不适应捕捞基地的捕鱼船队而引入的补贴。此外，允许捕捞幼鲱鱼以保护渔民的收入。该研究进一步认为，鲱鱼渔业的崩溃代表了一个历史事件，标志着从开放进入到封闭进入渔业管理的范式转变。正规机构的建设支持了管理路径的转变。在危机之后，渔业被关闭，总允许捕捞量规定 (TAC) 被引入，并在几年后实行了个别船只配额。在 1990 年代，库存恢复，鲱鱼重新成为远洋船队的主要收入来源。最后，本文概述了改变管理路径对远洋船舶带来的一些经济影响。