While recognising the importance of hunts conducted for the purpose of the sustainable management of marine resources, in practice those hunts may be difficult to distinguish from the large-scale hunts conducted primarily for commercial reasons.
Cé go n-admhaítear an tábhacht atá le fiacha arna ndéanamh chun críche bainistiú inbhuanaithe ar acmhainní muirí, go praiticiúil féadfaidh sé bheith deacair dealú a dhéanamh idir na fiacha sin agus fiacha mórscála arna ndéanamh go príomha ar chúiseanna tráchtála.