James Acheson
School of Marine Sciences and Dept. of Anthropology
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
207.581.1898
acheson@maine.edu
http://www.ume.maine.edu/~marine/acheson.htm
James Wilson
School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
207.581.4368
jwilson@maine.edu
http://www.ume.maine.edu/~marine/wilson.htm
As a result of declining catches and stock sizes in the world's fisheries, there is increasing interest in co-management in which control over resources is distributed among industry, government, and local communities. Using important co-management efforts in the Maine lobster fishery and in three fisheries in eastern Canada, the researchers will analyze and critique practical applications of co-management.
4-year project, 1997-2001, with a no-cost extension to 2002
Year 1: $20,721
Year 2: $82,649
Year 3: $68,872
Year 4: $65,942
Total:
$ 238,184
Associated Publications
Acheson, J.M., 2005. Developing rules to manage fisheries: a cross-cultural perspective. In: E.A. Norse and L.B. Crowder (Editors), Marine Conservation Biology: The Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity. Island Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 351-361.
Acheson, J. M. and J. Brewer, 2003, Changes in the Territorial System of the Maine Lobster Industry, In: The Commons in the New Millennium, (N. Dolsak and E. Ostrom, eds.), pp. 37-59, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (Book Chapter)
Acheson, J. M., 2002, Rational Choice, Culture Change, and Fisheries Management in the Gulf of Maine, In: Social Dimension in the Economic Process, (N. Dannaheuser and C. Werner, eds.), pp. 133-160, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. (Book Chapter)
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