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Fisheries co-management: Delegating government responsibility to fishermen's organizations☆☆☆

Svein Jentoft
- 01 Apr 1989 - 
- Vol. 13, Iss: 2, pp 137-154
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In this paper, the authors discuss the problems involved in a cooperative management approach, as well as the comparative advantageousness of such an approach, and conclude that the circumstances that might favor the success of co-management are noted.
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This article is published in Marine Policy.The article was published on 1989-04-01. It has received 652 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fisheries law & Fisheries co-management.

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Two to tango: The role of government in fisheries co-management

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the role of government, primarily national government, in fisheries co-management and investigate the critical role of decentralization in a strategy of comanagement using a number of international cases.
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Social theory and fisheries co-management

TL;DR: In this article, the institutional problems associated with co-management have been analyzed from the perspective of rational choice, and the authors offer another perspective by analyzing these problems from the standpoint of how institutions are embedded in human community.
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Fisheries co-management: a comparative analysis☆

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of 22 case studies on fisheries co-management in small-scale, semi-industrial and industrial fisheries in developing and developed countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, North America and the Pacific is presented.
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From Community-Based Resource Management to Complex Systems: The Scale Issue and Marine Commons

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that cross-scale institutions (such as institutions of co-management) have something in common: they provide ways to deal with complex adaptive systems, such as selforganizatio n, uncertainty and resilience, and deal with the challenges of scale.
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Implementing effective fisheries-management systems – management strategy evaluation and the Australian partnership approach

TL;DR: In this paper, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) partnership model to fisheries management is discussed, and the benefits and limitations of the AFMA partnership approach are reviewed and practical aspects of its implementation are discussed, both for MSE, and in a wider sense in the development of an effective fisheries
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The Tragedy of the Commons

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The Theory of Social and Economic Organization

TL;DR: A synthetic polyisoprene rubber latex produced by emulsifying a solution of polyisoperene rubber in an organic solvent with water and removing the solvent from the resulting oil-in-water emulsion is significantly improved with respect to mechanical stability, wet gel strength and dry film strength as mentioned in this paper.