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Sharing natural resource management responsibility: Examining the New Zealand rock lobster co-management experience

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Co-management, in which government and resource users share responsibility for managing a natural resource, is attracting considerable attention in both public policy and common pool resource research. However, little is understood about how this approach arises in a mature regulatory setting, or about its strengths and weaknesses. This study uses the experience of the New Zealand rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii and Sagmariasus verreauxi) industry to illustrate what co-management is and how it develops. This is followed by an assessment of co-management in this regime. Development of co-management is an evolutionary process that requires commitment from both government and industry. Strengthened property rights and management expertise provide the incentives and tools to develop a robust co-management regime. However the characteristics of the property rights bundle must be carefully matched to the regime’s biological, social, and regulatory setting. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLP 2006

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  • Tracy Yandle, 2006. "Sharing natural resource management responsibility: Examining the New Zealand rock lobster co-management experience," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 39(3), pages 249-278, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:policy:v:39:y:2006:i:3:p:249-278
    DOI: 10.1007/s11077-006-9023-6
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