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TI National policy objectives and local management results: the economic, social and environmental performances of the shellfish farming institutions in the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay
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AF MONGRUEL, Remi
   PEREZ, Jose
AS 1:1;2:1;
FF 1:PDG-RBE-EM;2:PDG-RBE-EM;
C1 IFREMER, Marine Econ Dept, UMR Amure, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-RBE-EM
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
IF 1.758
TC 3
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00023/13461/15743.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;aquaculture (shellfish-farming);co-management;institutional economics;policy and decision making;property rights (and institutional arrangements);social change (in coastal areas)
AB This paper examines the discrepancies between national policy objectives for the development of shellfish farming in France and the results of this policy at the local level. National legislation is claimed to favour a ‘people-oriented’ policy and the sustainable use of marine coastal resources. In practice, stakeholders implement this policy under local institutional arrangements. A case study in the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay compares the economic, social and environmental performances of both mussel and oyster industries. Local management arrangements have avoided overexploitation. Conversely, performances in terms of rent distribution, job retention and contribution to public budgets are inconsistent with national objectives. This suggests that the existence of conflicting interests, information asymmetries and unequal bargaining powers was not sufficiently envisaged when the national regulation framework was drafted. However, when combined with an opaque and weakly regulated system of transferable use-rights, those factors are likely to influence local management processes and their socio-economic results.
PY 2012
SO Society & Natural Resources
SN 0894-1920
PU Taylor & Francis Inc
VL 25
IS 4
UT 000302228900003
BP 352
EP 367
DI 10.1080/08941920.2011.560593
ID 13461
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