Dans un laps de temps remarquablement bref, les permis à quota, qu'on appelle aussi QIT, ou QI ou quota individuel de navire, allocations aux entreprises et contingents de capture, ont été introduits dans quelques pays, y compris le Canada.
Within a remarkably short time, quota licences, which are variously referred to as ITQs, or IQs, or IVQs, enterprise allocations and catch quotas, were introduced in several countries, including Canada.