TY - JOUR
KW - aquaculture
KW - Solomon Islands
KW - sustainable fisheries
KW - community-based management
KW - fishery management
KW - traditional environmental knowledge
KW - traditional conservation
KW - Pacific Basin
AU - K. Ruddle
AU - E. Hviding
AU - R. E. Johannes
AB - Although customary marine tenure (CMT) systems for the management of local marine resources occur throughout the world, compared with other models of fisheries management they remain relatively little known. The Pacific Basin is especially rich in CMT systems, which play key roles in overall social, economic and cultural life of societies. Based on a Solomon Island example, we examine the organizational principles and potentials of CMT systems to provide sustainable yields and equitable access to resources, their resilience to external pressures, and mechanisms for ensuring local autonomy in resource control. Next we demonstrate that CMT systems are an expression of traditional ecological knowledge, and show the importance of such knowledge to scientific research and the planning of resource management. Finally, we suggest priorities for research on CMT systems.
AN - 93-03103
BT - Marine Resource Economics
C1 - Marine Resource Economics
C6 - 0738-1360
DA - 01/1992
DB - EBSCOhost
DO - 10.1086/mre.7.4.42629038
IS - 4
LA - English
N2 - Although customary marine tenure (CMT) systems for the management of local marine resources occur throughout the world, compared with other models of fisheries management they remain relatively little known. The Pacific Basin is especially rich in CMT systems, which play key roles in overall social, economic and cultural life of societies. Based on a Solomon Island example, we examine the organizational principles and potentials of CMT systems to provide sustainable yields and equitable access to resources, their resilience to external pressures, and mechanisms for ensuring local autonomy in resource control. Next we demonstrate that CMT systems are an expression of traditional ecological knowledge, and show the importance of such knowledge to scientific research and the planning of resource management. Finally, we suggest priorities for research on CMT systems.
PY - 1992
SP - 249
EP - 273
T2 - Marine Resource Economics
TI - Marine resources management in the context of customary tenure
UR - https://doi.org/10.1086/mre.7.4.42629038
VL - 7
ER -