THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF UK FISHERIES - OPPORTUNITIES OF COMANAGEMENT

The development of sustainable fisheries is more likely to emerge wher e management is legitimated through the integration of the fishing ind ustry in the policy process. Go-management, where responsibility is sh ared between the state and the user groups, offers a persuasive theore tical model but is difficult to envisage when refracted through the in stitutional and political cultures of the UK. The paper examines the o pportunities and constraints for the delegation of management. functio ns to fishermen's organizations and attempts to chart a possible cours e towards the development of co-management in the UK.