Exploring External Validity of Common Pool Resource Experiments Insights from Artisanal Benthic Fisheries in Chile

• Published in: Ecology and society Vol. 18; no. 3; p. 2
• Main Authors: Gelcich, Stefan, Guzman, Ricardo, Rodríguez-Sickert, Carlos, Castilla, Juan Carlos, Cárdenas, Juan Camilo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Resilience Alliance 01.09.2013
• Subjects: artisanal fisheries; benthic resources; Coasts; comanagement; common pool resources; Communities; Ecological sustainability; Economic resources; Fisheries management; Fisheries science; Fishers; Fishery economics; Fishery resources; internalization of norms; laboratory experiment; Natural resources; small-scale fisheries; territorial user rights

We explore the external validity of a common pool resource (CPR) laboratory experiment. The experimental subjects were artisanal fishers who exploit benthic resources on the coast of Chile. A first set of subjects was recruited from fishers’ unions that comanage their resources through territorial u...