COMMUNITY-RUN FISHERIES - AVOIDING THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS

Authors
LEAL DR
Citation
Dr. Leal, COMMUNITY-RUN FISHERIES - AVOIDING THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS, Population and environment, 19(3), 1998, pp. 225-245
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Demografy,"Environmental Studies
Journal title
Population and environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01990039
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
225 - 245
Database
ISI
SICI code
0199-0039(1998)19:3<225:CF-ATT>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
This paper discusses how fishing communities around the world avoid de structive overfishing through local and largely informal self-manageme nt. The paper offers many examples that undermine the widespread assum ption that the ''tragedy of the commons'' is inevitable without govern ment regulation.