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

Robert Pomeroy and Fikret Berkes

Marine Policy, 1997, vol. 21, issue 5, 465-480

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is discuss the role of government, primarily national government, in fisheries co-management. This paper investigates the critical role of decentralization in a strategy of co-management using a number of international cases. The experiences of co-management and decentralization provide for a number of policy implications to be drawn concerning the role of government.

Keywords: fisheries; co-management; decentralization; government (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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