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Two to tango: The role of government in fisheries co-management
Robert S. Pomeroy,Fikret Berkes +1 more
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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.About:
This article is published in Marine Policy.The article was published on 1997-09-01. It has received 673 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fisheries law & Fisheries co-management.read more
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Integrated Lagoon Fisheries Management: Resource Dynamics and Adaptation
Shimpei Iwasaki,Rajib Shaw +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a wide variety of lessons learned from case studies from Asian countries (India, Japan and Thailand) are presented, and a greater emphasis is placed on understanding the status of lagoon fisheries and its management, and assessing people's adaptive capacities to respond to changes in the ecological-social-economic system.
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African Inland Fisheries: Experiences with Co-Management and Policies of Decentralization
Roger Lewins,Christophe Béné,Malloum Ousman Baba,Emma Belal,Steve Donda,Abbagana Mamane Lamine,Alassane Makadassou,Andi Mamane Tahir Na,Arthur E. Neiland,Friday Njaya,Solomon Ovie,Aminu Raji +11 more
TL;DR: A review of fisheries decentralization experiences in Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, and Malawi reveals marked differences in purpose, strategy, and performance as discussed by the authors, and in general, co-management projects are limited by their ability to scale up new practice and to maintain viable and representative management institutions.
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RESEARCH ARTICLE: Co-Management of Natural Resources: Opportunities for and Barriers to Working with Citizen Volunteers
Ryan Plummer,Susan M. Arai +1 more
TL;DR: Co-management is an innovative approach for managing the natural environment and providing opportunities for outdoor recreation as mentioned in this paper, which combines the efforts of government agencies legally responsible for the management of the environment.
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Beyond Proprietorship : Murphree's Laws on Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a range of contributions to the May 2007 conference held to honour Marshall Murphree's work, and it conveys his central concerns of equality and fairness.
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Sustainability of fishers’ communities in tropical island fisheries from the perspectives of resource use and management: a comparative study of Pohnpei (Micronesia), Mafia (Tanzania), and Guimaras (Philippines)
TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of three tropical islands: Pohnpei (Micronesia), Mafia (Tanzania), and Guimaras (Philippines), covering 127 fishers was conducted.
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