Stakenet Fishery Association at Negombo Lagoon, Sri Lanka
Case details
- Resource system
- Coastal lagoon ecosystem
- Resource units
- Marine fish stocks
- Location
- Negombo Lagoon (r), Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka)
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Description
Negombo Lagoon (3,164 ha) is located on Sri Lanka's west coast -- about 30 km north of the capital Colombo. This study discusses a community-initiated common property regime in the Negombo lagoon suffering from the problem of open access. The analysis focuses on the Stake-Net Fishery Association (SNFA) in the channels of the Negombo lagoon. The SNFA is an example of a long-standing collective arrangement for successfully limiting open access. The determinants of the success of the SNFA are examined in four sectors: resource system characteristics, group characteristics, relationship between the resource system and group characteristics, and institutional arrangements.
This case was part of a study to determine whether the institutional design principles of Ostrom where, in fact, related to "governance success" by Cox et al. In that analysis, this case was classified as a success.
Institutional analysis
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Sources
Contributors
- Ute Brady, Arizona State University
- Elicia Ratajczyk, Arizona State University
Bibliography
- (2008). The stake-net fishery association of Negombo lagoon, Sri Lanka: Why has it survived over 250 years and will it survive. Promise, Trust and Evolution: Managing the Commons of South Asia. : 144-164
- (2010). A Review of Design Principles for Community-based Natural Resource Management. Ecology and Society. 15 (4) : 38
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(2016).
Explaining success and failure in the commons: the configural nature of Ostrom’s institutional design principles.
International Journal of the Commons.
10
(2)
: 417–439
DOI: 10.18352/ijc.634