From the reviews:
The strength of The Fisheries Co-management Experience lies in its ability to demonstrate the breadth and hope of co-management as an alternative to hierarchical governance that exludes local knowledge.
This is an extraordinary challenge for a scholarly text and kudos goes to the editors for putting forth the effort.
(Policy Sciences 37, 2004)
Editors Wilson, Nielson and Degnbol have organized The Fisheries Co-management Experience from a broad outline of topics related to fisheries co-management. ... The strength of The Fisheries Co-management Experience lies in its ability to demonstrate the breadth and hope of co-management as an alternative to hierarchical governance that excludes local knowledge. ... kudos goes to the editors for putting forth the effort. (Karl A. Wunderlich, Policy Sciences, Issue 37, 2004)