Document of bibliographic reference 226300

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Bibliographic resource

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Title

Governance characteristics of large marine ecosystems

Abstract

The Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) concept is widely established as a large-scale approach to coastal and marine management. LME-oriented activities have focused mainly on natural sciences. Socioeconomic and governance aspects have only recently been receiving increased attention. The 64 LMEs that have been defined appeared to exhibit considerable diversity in characteristics that would be expected to affect governability. This paper explores two questions: (1) Do the LMEs vary widely enough in geopolitical complexity that different approaches to governance may be required for different LMEs? (2) Are there groups of LMEs within which one might take similar approaches to governance? The analysis demonstrates that there is considerable heterogeneity among LMEs with regard to characteristics that would be expected to affect governability. It concludes that a diversity of governance approaches will be required to cope with this heterogeneity. It also appears that LMEs can be grouped according to these characteristics. This suggests that different approaches could be considered for clusters rather than for individual LMEs and that there can be sharing of experience and learning within clusters. The types of relationships between features of LMEs and the ‘best’ approaches to marine governance are discussed in the context of emerging governance ideas.

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https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000279029700012

Bibliographic citation

Mahon, R.; Fanning, L.; McConney, P.; Pollnac, R. (2010). Governance characteristics of large marine ecosystems. Mar. Policy 34(5): 919-927. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2010.01.016

Topic

Marine

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true