| dc.contributor.author |
Coombs, Monique |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2011-09-14T18:34:31Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2011-09-14T18:34:31Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2011 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7528 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
"Maine is the top lobster-producing state in the United States. Its lobstering industry brings almost $300 million into the state each year. Record-breaking numbers over the past couple of years are indicative of its sustainable lobster fishing practices. The industry -- comprised of 5,400 small businesses (lobstermen and their boats are considered small businesses) and creating over 35,000 jobs on the working waterfront, from bait dealers to truck drivers - is one of the best examples of how Elinor Ostrom's collective action theories work in practice. The way the industry operates is a study in the way people with a common interest and the government work together to protect a resource through creating boundaries, working together to provide leadership and creating incentives that reward the practitioners with a bounty that defines and sustains a community. First, I describe how lobstering in Maine works and what it means to the people there. Second, in the following section I show how Elinor Ostrom's work can be used to understand the industry's very complex grassroots structure." |
en_US |
| dc.language |
English |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
fisheries |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
lobster |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
common pool resources |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
resource management |
en_US |
| dc.title |
Lobstering and Common Pool Resource Management in Maine |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Journal Article |
en_US |
| dc.type.published |
published |
en_US |
| dc.type.methodology |
Case Study |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.region |
North America |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.country |
United States |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
Fisheries |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationjournal |
Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO) Newsletter |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationvolume |
2 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationnumber |
9 |
en_US |