quota-hopping

noun

1. (in the EU) the practice of obtaining the right to catch a part of a country's national quota for fish in European waters by buying licences from its fishermen

Derived Forms

• ˈquota-ˌhopper, noun

Example Sentences

More than £160m worth of the English quota is in the hands of vessels owned by companies based in Iceland, Spain and the Netherlands, thanks to a practice known as "quota-hopping".

From BBC