Fish for life : interactive governance for fisheries / edited by Jan Kooiman, Svein Jentoft, Roger Pullin, Maarten Bavinck

One billion people around the world rely upon fish as their primary and in many cases, their only source of protein. At the same time, increasing demand from wealthier populations in the U.S. and Europe encourages dangerous overfishing practices along coastal waters. 'Fish for Life' addres...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Corporate Author: Centre for Maritime Research
Other Authors: Kooiman, J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press : Centre for Maritime Research, ©2005.
Series:MARE publication series ; no. 3.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I: Governance : a new perspective for fisheries
  • 1. The governance perspective
  • 2. Challenges and concerns in capture fisheries and aquaculture
  • pt. II: The system to be governed
  • Introduction
  • 3. Aquatic ecologies
  • 4. Fish capture
  • 5. Aquaculture
  • 6. The post-harvest chain
  • 7. Links in the fish chain
  • pt. III: Institutions for fisheries governance
  • Introduction
  • 8. Local institutions
  • 9. National institutions
  • 10. International institutions
  • 11. Institutional linkages
  • pt. IV: Principles for fisheries governance
  • Introduction
  • 12. Current principles
  • 13. Meta-Principles
  • 14. Hard choices and values
  • 15. Challenges and concerns revisited
  • 16. Governance and governability
  • 17. Governance in action.