Conclusion

Abstract

The early twenty-first century is a time of transition for fishery management. The transition takes place within a new public context of values and preferences expressed through more rigorous requirements at national and international scales. These requirements affect how information is generated, how fishery interests are coordinated and how management decisions are made. And in these effects, the changes engage co-management This chapter addresses the nature and sources of change affecting fishery management worldwide. It applies emergent themes from the chapters of this book to identify the dilemmas facing co-management in the context of change, the properties of co-management that will influence the resolution of the dilemmas, and the requirements for sustaining co-management over the long term.