Commons versus Open Access: The Collapse of Canada's East Coast Fishery.

Matthews, David Ralph

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ERIC Number: EJ507395

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1995

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Commons versus Open Access: The Collapse of Canada's East Coast Fishery.

Matthews, David Ralph

Ecologist, v25 n2-3 p86-92 Mar-Jun 1995

The consequences of management espousal of the "Tragedy of the Commons" theory has been starkly illustrated by the crash in cod stocks off Canada's east coast. The voices of fishers from several different coastal communities testify to the inadequacy of Canadian government fisheries policy. (LZ)

Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Federal Regulation, Fisheries, Foreign Countries, Policy, Science and Society

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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