1. Theorising about participatory fisheries governance - Tim S Gray 2. What role for public participation in fisheries governance - Clare Coffey 3. Engaging stakeholder preferences through deliberative democracy in North Sea fisheries governance - Jenny Hatchard 4. The role of partnerships in the governance of fisheries within the European Union - Tony Hawkins 5. Regionalisation of fisheries governance: An empty vessel or a cornucopia of opportunity - David Symes 6. Fisheries governance, socal justice and participatory decision-making - Hans-Kristian Hernes, Svein Jentoft and Knut H Mikalsen 7. Between top-down and bottom-up governance: Dutch beam trawl fishermen's engagement with fisheries management - Rob van Ginkel 8. Co-management at the eleventh hour? Participation in the governance of the New England groundfish fishery - Madeleine Hall-Arber 9. Participatory governance in inshore fisheries co-management in England and Wales - Paul Knapman 10. A comparative analysis of two forms of stakeholder participation in European aquaculture governance: Self-regulation and Integrated Coastal Zone Management - Selina Stead 11. The role of UK statutory Nature Conservation Agencies in the environmental governance of fisheries - N Clare Emo and Mark Gray 12. The role of environmental NGOs in fisheries governance - Euan Dunn 13. The participatory role of the media in fisheries governance - Tim Oliver 14. The role of marine science in participatory fisheries governance - Chris Frid 15. Bringing experiential knowledge into fisheries science advisory processes: Lessons learned from the Canadian experience of participatory governance - Jake Rice 16. Local ecological knowledge, science, participation and fisheries governance in Newfoundland and Labrador: A complex, contested and changing relationship -Grant Murray, Dean Bavington and Barbara Neis 17. A comparative analysis of three modes of collaborative learning in fisheries governance: Hierarchy, networks and community - Kelly Vodden, Rosemary Ommer and David Schneider 18. Getting the scale(s) right in ocean fisheries management: An argument for decentralised, participatory governance - James Wilson 19. Scientific knowledge and participation in the governance of fisheries in the North Sea - Douglas Clyde Wilson and Alyne Elizabeth Delaney 20. Participatory fisheries governance - Three central themes - Tim S Gray index