Summary conclusions and recommendations based on the presentations and discussions held during the Rights Based Management Workshop in Brussels, September 10th, 2007. Declining fish stocks led governments to limit overall catches by setting limits to total landings, fishing effort and access,...

Small-scale or artisanal fishery is a neglected sector in research on African development, despite the fact that fishery is a vital source of protein and income for a large number of people on the continent and an increasingly important source of revenue for national governments. In this volume...

The dominant view in academic and policy arenas is increasingly one in which the major contribution of capture fisheries to development should be derived from the capacity of society to maximise the economic rent of fishery resources. Drawing upon empirical experience from the South, this...