The central message of the book is that stakeholder participation in the governance of fisheries is beneficial, but confers responsibilities as well as rights:

Small-scale fisheries make up a large proportion of world's fisheries, both by catch and participation. Effective management is essential to ensure access to fi

During the last decade, there has been a shift in the governance and management of fisheries to a broaderapproach that recognizes the participation of fishers,

An interdisciplinary survey addressing the problems of overfishing worldwide, and the best way forward toward good ecological practice and global cooperative go

The importance of fisheries is not lost in the global policy arena. What is often overlooked in the general discourse, however, is the significant difference be