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

Ruddle, Kenneth; Satria, Arif

Besides the erroneous assumption that tropical fisheries are ‘open access’, the cases demonstrate that pre-existing systems (1) are concerned with the community of fishers and ensuring community harmony and continuity; (2) involve flexible, multiple and overlapping rights adapted to changing needs and circumstances; (3) that fisheries are just one component of a community resource assemblage and depend on both the good management of linked upstream ecosystems and risk management to ensure balanced nutritional resources of the community; and (4) pre-existing systems are greatly affected by a constellation of interacting external pressures.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2010-09-20

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9789048195541

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9555-8

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 188