Towards adaptive co-management of small-scale fisheries in Uruguay and Brazil: lessons from using Ostrom’s design principles

Maritime Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Trimble, Micaela ^a,b   Berkes, Fikret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artisanal fisheries; Comanagement; Commons; Governance; Migration; Participation; Social learning; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ARTISANAL FISHERY; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEARNING; MIGRATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

BRAZIL; URUGUAY;

EID: 84937579529     PISSN: 18727859     EISSN: 22129790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40152-015-0032-y     Document Type: Article

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