Certifying the Commons: Eco-Certification, Privatization, and Collective Action

• Main Authors: Foley, Paul, McCay, Bonnie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: collective action; common pool resources; commons; cooperatives; fisheries; governance and politics; property rights; sustainability; privatization; General & Multiple Resources; Newfoundland; Baja; Canada; Fogo; Fogo Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10535/9450

"We examine new dynamics of privatization and collective action in common pool resource situations facilitated by the nonstate multistakeholder institutions of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the global leader in sustainability certification for wild caught seafood. Through a review of th...