Stakeholders' participation in the fisheries management decision-making process: Fishers' perceptions of participation

Marine Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1093-1102

  Pita, Cristina ^a   Pierce, Graham J ^a,b   Theodossiou, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fishers; Inshore Fisheries Groups; Management; Participation; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

COMMON FISHERIES POLICY; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953026605     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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