“…Notably, the puzzle of small coalitions can be solved without the use of transfer payments. Transfer or "side" payments combined with asymmetric players is a frequently invoked and powerful method which increases the number of players for which cooperation can be sustained (Kaitala and Lindroos, 1998, Kennedy, 2003, Lindroos 2008, Pintassilgo et al 2010, Long and Flaaten, 2011, Ellefsen, 2012, Breton and Keoula, 2014, Walker and Weikard, 2014. However, transfers payments have met much resistance in the policy world in general (Folmer et al, 1993) and are not implemented in direct financial terms in fisheries agreements (Munro, 2008).…”