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

Robert S. Pomeroy, +1 more
- 01 Sep 1997 - 
- Vol. 21, Iss: 5, pp 465-480
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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.
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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.

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