Fisheries management is shifting away from both central command-and-control and solely market-led regimes towards devolved management regimes that rely on greater fisher cooperation and participation1. This shift comes out of the realisation that relying solely on government planning or market-led private sector actions may not produce optimal outcomes in fisheries management. A participatory management regime that is legitimated by government, by interest groups and by fishers themselves may be better able to address some of the challenges and externalities than non-participatory management regimes (i.e. solely command-and-control or solely rights-based regimes).

Pre-print version of journal article from Marine Policy, 2013.