During the 1980s, although ranch under-investment and the use of synthetic fibres damaged the sheep-farming sector, the government secured a major revenue stream by the establishment of an exclusive economic zone and the sale of fishing licences to "anybody wishing to fish within this zone".
Na década de 1980, malia que as fibras sintéticas afectaron o sector de cría de ovellas, o goberno estabeleceu unhas importantes medidas de recuperación económica co estabelecemento dunha zona económica exclusiva e coa venda de licenzas de pesca para "calquera persoa que pretenda pescar dentro desta zona".