"Fisheries are complex systems and managing them sustainably requires a grasp of many interrelated subjects. The management of fisheries incorporates both natural and human elements, and their interactions and vulnerabilities can be varied. To present an overview of these systems requires a...

In many fisheries around the world, the failures of centralized, top-down management have produced a shift toward co-management—collaboration and sharing of decision making between government and stakeholders. This trend has led to a major debate between two very different co-management...

Intertidal clam fisheries seem ideal candidates for the devolution of management authority from government to local stakeholders. In St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia, a private firm recently applied for a 10-year renewal of a large (1,627 ha) lease for quahog clam aquaculture. This case study...