Capturing the commons : devising institutions to manage the Maine lobster industry / James M. Acheson.

Capturing the commons : devising institutions to manage the Maine lobster industry /

A case study of the Maine lobster fishery, one of the most successful fisheries in the world.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Acheson, James M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, ©2003.
©2003
Subjects:
Lobster industry > Government policy > Maine > Citizen participation.
Lobster fishers > Maine.
Lobster fisheries > Maine.
Fishery policy > Maine.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Spatial strategies and territoriality
  • The island game : informal rules and the factors producing them
  • The genesis of state laws for the lobster industry
  • Co-management in the Maine lobster industry
  • Science and local knowledge
  • Dealing with the feds
  • The politics of science.

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