Policy makers around the world seem to have widely endorsed the use of voluntary
approaches as a means to address concerns about environmental protection and resource …

Widespread global collapses of fisheries corroborate decades-old predictions by
economists, made long before large-scale industrialization of the world's fisheries, that open …

Over the past twenty years considerable public attention has been focused on the decline of
marine fisheries, the sustainability of world fish production, and the impacts of fishing on …

The most recent stage in the evolution of fisheries management institutions has been the
adoption of so-called rights-based management schemes that grant secure rights of access …

Wild capture fisheries produce 90 million tonnes of food each year and have the potential to
provide sustainable livelihoods for nearly 40 million people around the world (http://www …

Fishing cooperatives (co-ops) and patron-client relationships are the most common
cooperative and noncooperative strategies for self-governance for small-scale fisheries …

Managing fisheries by delegating authority to an association of users, often organized as a
cooperative, is gaining increased attention as a strategy for implementing rights-based …

Cooperatives are increasingly proposed as solutions for sustainable fisheries management.
While individual case studies and economic theory suggest that cooperatives may manage …

The expansion of global seafood trade creates opportunities as well as risks for small-scale
fisheries (SSFs) livelihoods. Markets provide economic opportunity, but without effective …

Group incentives can and have been used to address a range of environmental and
resource problems. These schemes base individual penalties and/or rewards on the …