The Emergence of Access Controls in Small-Scale Fishing Commons: A Comparative Analysis of Individual Licenses and Common Property-Rights in Two Mexican Communities

Human Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 597-609

  Basurto, Xavier ^a   Cinti, Ana ^b   Bourillón, Luis ^c   Rojo, Mario ^c   Torre, Jorge ^c   Weaver, Hudson ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c Comunidad y Biodiversidad ^*  (Mexico)

^d Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparaja AC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Fishing concessions; Gulf of California; Individual licenses; Marine tenure; Mexico; Small scale fisheries; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPLOITATION; FISHING COMMUNITY; HARVESTING; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; TENURE SYSTEM;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84864530757     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-012-9508-1     Document Type: Article

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