Drama of the commons in small-scale shrimp aquaculture in northwestern Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.authorGalappaththi, Eranga K.en
dc.contributor.authorBerkes, Fikreten
dc.coverage.countrySri Lankaen
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-03T17:51:23Zen
dc.date.available2022-02-03T17:51:23Zen
dc.date.issued2015-01-01en
dc.date.updated2022-02-03T17:51:22Zen
dc.description.abstractAquaculture, and shrimp aquaculture in particular, can have major social and environmental impacts. However, aquaculture remains an understudied area in commons research. Can aspects of commons theory be applied to solve problems of aquaculture? We examined three coastal community-based shrimp aquaculture operations in northwestern Sri Lanka using a case study approach. These shrimp farms were individually owned by small producers and managed under local-level rules designed by cooperatives (samithi). The common-pool resource of major interest was water for aquaculture ponds, obtained from an interconnected water body. We evaluated the shrimp farming social-ecological system by using Ostrom’s design principles for collective action. Key elements of the system were: clearly defined boundaries; collaboratively designed crop calendar, bottom-up approach involving community associations, multi-level governance, and farmers-and-government collaborative structures. Together, these elements resolved the excludability and subtractability problems of commons by establishing boundary and membership rules and collective choice rules.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 347-368en
dc.format.extent22 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.18352/ijc.500en
dc.identifier.issn1875-0281en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.orcidGalappaththi, Eranga [0000-0002-3926-2206]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/108112en
dc.identifier.volume9en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUopen Journalsen
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dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 3.0en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicineen
dc.subjectEnvironmental Studiesen
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences & Ecologyen
dc.subjectCommonsen
dc.subjectcommunity-based managementen
dc.subjectfarmer associationsen
dc.subjectinstitutionsen
dc.subjectshrimp aquacultureen
dc.subjectsmall-scale aquacultureen
dc.subjectSri Lankaen
dc.subjectMANGROVE FORESTSen
dc.subjectPROPERTY-RIGHTSen
dc.subjectVIETNAMen
dc.subjectSUSTAINABILITYen
dc.subjectTRANSFORMATIONen
dc.subjectTHAILANDen
dc.subjectTRAGEDYen
dc.subjectIMPACTSen
dc.titleDrama of the commons in small-scale shrimp aquaculture in northwestern Sri Lankaen
dc.title.serialInternational Journal of the Commonsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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