Towards sustainability: the fishery experience

The fishery, with its inherent complexity and its long history of debate over matters of sustainability, provides an important case study on sustainable development and the routes to its achievement. This paper (a) reviews the evolution of sustainability concepts and management paradigms in the fish...

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Published in:Ecological economics 1994-12, Vol.11 (3), p.201-211
Main Author: Charles, Anthony T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Environmental protection
Fisheries
Fishery
Marine
Policy analysis
Resource management
Sustainable development
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Summary:The fishery, with its inherent complexity and its long history of debate over matters of sustainability, provides an important case study on sustainable development and the routes to its achievement. This paper (a) reviews the evolution of sustainability concepts and management paradigms in the fishery, (b) draws on this experience to develop an integrated “sustainability assessment” framework involving the evaluation of Ecological, Socioeconomic, Community and Institutional sustainability, and (c) analyses potential policy directions for sustainable development. The latter include: use of adaptive management measures to “live with uncertainty,” development of integrated strategies to cope with resource system complexity, enhancement of local control and decision making, establishment of appropriate property rights systems, and the combination of comprehensive planning with economic diversification.
ISSN:0921-8009
1873-6106
DOI:10.1016/0921-8009(94)90201-1