Pacific Canada’s Rockfish Conservation Areas: using Ostrom’s design principles to assess management effectiveness
International declines in marine biodiversity have lead to the creation of marine protected areas and fishery reserve systems. In Canada, 164 Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCAs) were implemented between 2003 and 2007 and now cover 4847.2 km² of ocean. These reserves were created in response to wide...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Resilience Alliance
2015-09-01
|
| Series: | Ecology and Society |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss3/art41 |