As experienced in the New England Fisheries, pursuing short-termeconomic gains can come at the expense of the long-term health of anatural resource. Those whose livelihood depends on the naturalresource are often unwilling to sacrifice their rights to theresource if others are not willing to do the same. So, to whatextent should those whose livelihoods depend on fishing have a sayin decisions about those regulations and how can they participate?How should their views be incorporated, and why?
