Managing Coastal and Inland Waters Pre-existing Aquatic Management Systems in Southeast Asia /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ruddle, Kenneth (Editor), Satria, Arif (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Nature conservation.; Sustainable development.; Social policy.; Anthropology.; Human geography.; Life Sciences.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Human Geography.; Social Policy.; Sustainable Development.; Nature Conservation.

This book examines pre-existing management systems in fishing communities in Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Besides the erroneous assumption that tropical fisheries are ‘open access’, the cases demonstrate that pre-existing systems (1) are concerned with the community of fis...