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Management provoked conflict in fisheries

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Fishery management concepts incorporate a number of value judgements about what social goals are right for a fishery. These value judgements result in optimizing some goals over others. Since the public, fishermen, and consumers weight goals differently than managers, frustration and conflict result. The correspondence between social goals specified by the public and those inherent in management concepts needs to be evaluated.

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  1. Department of Anthropology, Oregon State Universsity, 97331, Corvallis, Oregon

    Courtland L. Smith

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Smith, C.L. Management provoked conflict in fisheries. Environmental Management 4, 7–11 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01866215

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