Examining enabling conditions for community-based fisheries comanagement: Comparing efforts in hawai'i and American Samoa

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Levine, Arielle S ^a   Richmond, Laurie S ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Samoa; Community based management; Fisheries comanagement; Hawai'i; Marine resource management; Traditional conservation methods

Indexed keywords

COMANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARINE RESOURCE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; SAMOA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897541221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06191-190124     Document Type: Article

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