commons trap and fishery deliberations
By: Richard Collins.
Contributors: Virginia Sea Grant College Program.
Series: VSG -- 01-11.; Virginia sea grant publication -- publication no. VSG-01-11.
Publisher: Sea Grant Virginia
Published: 2001
Place of publication: [Charlottesville, Va.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Sustainable fisheries.; Fisheries -- Economic aspects.
Notes: Cover title.

"This publication was supported by funds from the National Sea Grant College Program through Virginia Sea Grant College Program, grant no. NA96RG0025."--P. [2] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

This paper describes the development of the Commons Trap Principles (CTPs). The CTPs were used in a workshop sponsored by the Bi-State Blue Crab Commission, a group established to study the status of the blue crab and to make recommendations for its bay-wide management. The report does not evaluate the blue brad study process or its recommendations. It assesses the difficulties inherent in using consensus processes to achieve a "breakout from a commons trap" in a fully exploited fishery. This report also analyzes and interprets the activities and processes that followed the workshop's use of CTPs.

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