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Capturing the commons : devising institutions to manage the Maine lobster industry / James M. Acheson.
Lippincott Library HD9472.L63 U52 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Acheson, James M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lobster industry--Government policy--Maine--Citizen participation.
- Lobster industry.
- Lobster fishers--Maine.
- Lobster fishers.
- Lobster fisheries--Maine.
- Lobster fisheries.
- Fishery policy--Maine.
- Fishery policy.
- Government policy.
- Political participation.
- Maine.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 264 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, [2003]
- Summary:
- A case study of the Maine lobster fishery, one of the most successful fisheries in the world.
- Contents:
- Spatial strategies and territoriality
- The island game : informal rules and the factors producing them
- The genesis of state laws for the lobster industry
- Co-management in the Maine lobster industry
- Science and local knowledge
- Dealing with the feds
- The politics of science.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1584653175
- OCLC:
- 50982358
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