The study was carried out in a village named MGR Thittu in the vicinity of the Pichavaram mangroves in the state Tamil Nadu in India. The objectives of the study were to review the current status of mangroves in Tamil Nadu, study the fisherfolk’s perceived role of mangroves on their...
Ecosystem based fishery management has moved beyond rhetorical statements calling for a more holistic approach to resource management, to implementing decisions on resource use that are compatible with goals of maintaining ecosystem health and resilience. Coupled economic-ecological models are a primary tool for informing these decisions. Recognizing the importance of...
It is recognized that small-scale fishing communities are grappled with an array of problems, including overfishing of fishing resources, lack of alternative sources of employment, rapid population growth,
displacement in coastal areas due to industrial development and tourism, pollution and environmental degradation etc.. Discussions on the issue of overfishing in...
Consolidates existing knowledge on the political economy of property rights in natural resources and integrates lessons learned from developmental aid and fisheries and non-fishery case studies to provide a methodological approach for future case study work on fisheries reform. Objective: Link fisheries reform strategies with in-country political economy conditions.
The main purpose of this study is to answer a question, "Are the Japanese Fisheries Responsible?" The author tries to find the answer by analyzing a historical trend of the Japanese fisheries policies, recent legislation such as "Fisheries Basic Law" and "Sustainable Aquaculture Production Assurance Law", and example cases of...
A model is described that characterizes the effect of costly information gathering, imperfect compliance, and costly monitoring, on the efficacy of central vs. local governance. The system considered is a common pool resource (CPR) with metapopulation structure, with each substock exploited by a different community. In the case of central...
The paper examines fisheries co-management arrangements in enhancing organizational resilience and social equity at the municipal and city level in Western Visayas, Philippines in the 1992-1998 and the post-1998 periods. Field visits and interviews, conducted intermittently from April 2001 to March 2002, reveal that a perceived deterioration and degradation of...
Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) supports a valuable commercial fishery along the Pacific coast of North America. In recent decades the fishery has intensified significantly, with most crab landed during the first six weeks of the seven-month season. Management approaches to slow this intensifying and dangerous race have been elusive. This...
Between 1996 and 2000, the Federal Government of Canada reduced the number of salmon fishing licences in British Columbia by 50%, from a total of 4416 to the current 2221 licences, through voluntary “licence retirement”. The total cost of this program was $273.5 million over 5 years. The purpose of...