• Co-management — the way forward.- Section One The fisheries co-management idea.- 1 The community development tradition and fisheries co-management.- 2 Science and the user perspective: The gap co-management must address.- 3 The economics of co-management.- 4 Toward specificity in complexity: Understanding co-management from a social science perspective.- Section Two Experiences with fisheries co-management.- 5 Experiences with fisheries co-management in Africa.- 6 Experiences with fisheries co-management in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh.- 7 Experiences with fisheries co-management in Europe.- 8 Experiences with fisheries co-management in Latin America and the Caribbean.- 9 Experiences with fisheries co-management in North America.- 10 Experiences with fisheries co-management in Australia and New Zealand.- Section Three Multiple stakeholders in fisheries co-management.- 11 Conflict and scale: A defence of community approaches in fisheries management.- 12 Co-management and marine reserves in fishery management.- 13 Co-management and recreational fishing.- 14 The government as a partner in co-management.- Section Four Edge issues in fisheries co-management.- 15 Fisheries co-management and the knowledge base for management decisions.- 16 Representation in fisheries co-management.- 17 The place of civil society in fisheries management: A research agenda for fisheries co-management.- Conclusion.- The future of fisheries co-management.

From the reviews: "The strength of The Fisheries Co-management Experience lies in its ability to demonstrate the breadth and hope of co-management as an alternative to hierarchical governance that exludes local knowledge." "This is an extraordinary challenge for a scholarly text and kudos goes to the editors for putting forth the effort." (Policy Sciences 37, 2004) "Editors Wilson, Nielson and Degnbol have organized The Fisheries Co-management Experience from a broad outline of topics related to fisheries co-management. ... The strength of The Fisheries Co-management Experience lies in its ability to demonstrate the breadth and hope of co-management as an alternative to hierarchical governance that excludes local knowledge. ... kudos goes to the editors for putting forth the effort." (Karl A. Wunderlich, Policy Sciences, Issue 37, 2004)