Cooperative Management of Local Fisheries: New Directions for Improved Management and Community Development - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774803193 ISBN 13: 9780774803199

Publisher: University of British Columbia Press, 1989

Synopsis

This book is the first to consolidate information on the different routes by which these co-operative management arrangements have evolved. The authors include anthropologists, environmental planners, biologists, economists, fishery managers and tribal and governmental leaders. Their contributions examine the process of achieving co-management, the institutions created by co-management arrangements, and the benefits which result. Some of these benefits include more efficient and equitable management, less conflict between government and fishermen, and better co-operation between groups of fishermen. Co-operative Management of Local Fisheries looks at successes and failures of these arrangements for shared decision-making and offers guidelines for viable co-operative management.

About this title

Synopsis:

Written by anthropologists, environmental planners, biologists, economists, fisheries managers, and tribal and governmental leaders, this is the first book to describe the evolution of co-operative fisheries management between fishermen and government in Canada and the USA. The contributions examine both the process of achieving co-management arrangements and the benefits that result. Some of the benefits include more efficient and equitable management, less conflict between governments and fishermen, and better co-operation between groups of fishermen. As the cost of centralized government rises, and as resource-dependent regions deman greater control over development, co-operative management will become one of the most important means of regulating the use of certain natural resources. "Co-operative management of Local Fisheries" looks at successes and failures in these arrangements for shared decision-making and it offers some guidelines for viable co-operative management. "Evelyn Pinkerton is a Research Associate within the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia.".

About the Author:

Evelyn Pinkerton is a research associate at the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0774803193
• ISBN 13: 9780774803199
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Pinkerton Evelyn