Window of Opportunity: Shifts in Governance, Policy, and Resource Abundance

摘要

In this paper, we examine recent changes in the management of the salmon fishery on Canada's Pacific coast, which has had a rich history. First Nations communities located on the Pacific coast of Canada have long harvested Pacific salmon Oncorhynchusspp. Since the late 1800s, salmon has supported an all-citizen commercial fishery that accounted for the majority of commercial value of fish harvests in the area during the last century More recently, salmon—often fished by locals and foreign touristsalike—have become prized in recreational fisheries that serve as many as 400,000 anglers in a given year.