A theory of scaling for community-based fisheries management

Steenbergen, DJ; Song, AM; Andrew, N

A theory of scaling for community-based fisheries management

Steenbergen, DJ Song, AM Andrew, N

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Steenbergen, DJ
dc.contributor.author	Song, AM
dc.contributor.author	Andrew, N
dc.date.accessioned	2021-06-04T03:58:14Z
dc.date.available	2021-06-04T03:58:14Z
dc.identifier.citation	Ambio
dc.identifier.issn	0044-7447
dc.identifier.issn	1654-7209
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/149413
dc.description.abstract	<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Community-based approaches to fisheries management has emerged as a mainstream strategy to govern dispersed, diverse and dynamic small scale fisheries. However, amplifying local community led sustainability outcomes remains an enduring challenge. We seek to fill a theoretical gap in the conceptualization of ‘scaling up community-based fisheries management’. We draw on literature of agriculture innovations to provide a framework that takes into account process-driven and structural change occurring across multiple levels of governance, as well as different phases of scaling. We hypothesize that successful scaling requires engagement with all aspects of a governing regime, coalescing a range of actors, and therefore, is an enterprise that is larger than its parts. To demonstrate where the framework offers value, we illustrate the development of community-based fisheries management in Vanuatu according to the framework’s main scaling dimensions.</jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE200100712
dc.relation.ispartof	Ambio
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s13280-021-01563-5
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Ecology
dc.title	A theory of scaling for community-based fisheries management
dc.type	Journal Article
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Social and Political Sciences Program
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2021-06-04T03:58:13Z
pubs.publication-status	Published online

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AbstractCommunity-based approaches to fisheries management has emerged as a mainstream strategy to govern dispersed, diverse and dynamic small scale fisheries. However, amplifying local community led sustainability outcomes remains an enduring challenge. We seek to fill a theoretical gap in the conceptualization of ‘scaling up community-based fisheries management’. We draw on literature of agriculture innovations to provide a framework that takes into account process-driven and structural change occurring across multiple levels of governance, as well as different phases of scaling. We hypothesize that successful scaling requires engagement with all aspects of a governing regime, coalescing a range of actors, and therefore, is an enterprise that is larger than its parts. To demonstrate where the framework offers value, we illustrate the development of community-based fisheries management in Vanuatu according to the framework’s main scaling dimensions.

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