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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Basurto, Xavier; Bennett, Abigail; Lindkvist, Emilie; Schlüter, Maja |
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Conference:
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Workshop on the Ostrom Workshop 6 |
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Location:
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Indiana University, Bloomington |
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Conf. Date:
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June 19-21, 2019 |
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Date:
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2019 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/10484
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Sector:
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Fisheries |
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Subject(s):
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common pool resources
fisheries
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Abstract:
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"Harvesting has received most theoretical and policy attention towards understanding common-pool resource dilemmas. Yet, pre-harvesting and post-harvesting influence harvesting outcomes as well. Broadening the analytical focus beyond harvesting is needed to imagine new ways of theorizing and governing the commons. Fishing—which is synonymous of harvesting—is a case in point. To illustrate our argument, we analyzed the effect that fishers’ organizational choices and their available alternatives to access fishing means of production have on harvesting and fishers’ well-being—two key outcomes for the realization of the United Nations’ Sustainable Developments Goals. We deploy qualitative interview data and two quantitative longitudinal datasets from Mexican small-scale fisheries, as well as concepts from common-pool resources theory to illustrate the benefits of broadening the scope of inquiry and move towards a fuller understanding of commons dilemmas and beyond a narrow policy attention on harvesting."
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