Who Should Have a Voice in Management of Local Marine Resources? Some Comments on the Common Property Debates and the Decision of Co-Management Institutions for North Norwegian Fjord Fisheries

• Main Author: Eythorsson, Einar
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: IASC; common pool resources; fisheries; co-management; Sámi (European people); cod; local participatory management; Lofoten; Norway; Tromso; sami; Sámi
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10535/819

"Formalized self-management of the cod-fisheries in Lofoten was established by law in 1897, along with some local regulations in the North-Norwegian fjords. In 1959, the fjord regulations were delegated to the regional branches of the Fishers Union. "Today, it is no longer self-evident tha...