Search Results - "Wiber, Melanie"

Legal Pluralism and Science and Technology Studies: Exploring Sources of the Legal Pluriverse by Turner, Bertram, Wiber, Melanie G.

“…In introducing the contributions to this special section, we explore the links between social and juridical concepts of normativity and science and technology…”
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(Re)Assembling Marine Space: Lobster Fishing Areas under Conditions of Technological and Legal Change in Atlantic Canada by Wiber, Melanie G., Barnett, Allain

“…Federal lobster fishing area (LFA) boundaries are part of the infrastructure controlling the temporal and spatial scale of lobster fishing in Atlantic Canada…”
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Full-spectrum sustainability: an alternative to fisheries management panaceas by Foley, Paul, Pinkerton, Evelyn, Wiber, Melanie G., Stephenson, Robert L.

“…This introduction to the special feature describes the development and application of a "full-spectrum sustainability" evaluation framework that emerged from a…”
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Aquaculture’s offshore frontier: learning from the Canadian courts on ocean grabbing, ocean privatization, and property as process by Knott, Christine, Wiber, Melanie G., Mather, Charles

“…Many coastal nations have endorsed the Blue Economy as both an economic and environmental opportunity, despite numerous questions as to how industrial…”
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Using conflict over risk management in the marine environment to strengthen measures of governance by Parlee, Courtenay E., Wiber, Melanie G.

“…Management of and planning for the Canadian marine environment can be disrupted by conflict, but conflict is inevitable given the plurality of actors,…”
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Distribution of fishery benefits and community well-being: a review of increased access to the Eastern Nova Scotia snow crab fishery by Squires, Kevin, Wiber, Melanie G.

“…An expanding fish stock offers a rare opportunity to support fishing enterprises whose traditional fisheries have diminished or failed. The Eastern Nova Scotia…”
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What Scientists Say about the Changing Risk Calculation in the Marine Environment under the Harper Government of Canada (2006-2015) by Barnett, Allain J., Wiber, Melanie G.

“…This paper examines how the Harper Government of Canada (2006-2015) shut down both debate about threats and research into environmental risk, a strategy that…”
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Actions towards the joint production of knowledge: the risk of salmon aquaculture on American Lobster by Maillet, Donna G. Curtis, Wiber, Melanie G., Barnett, Allain

“…Joint production of knowledge (JPK) is said to facilitate proactive mitigation of risks in marine resource management. However, lack of consensus on who should…”
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Institutional innovation in fisheries governance: adaptive co-management in situations of legal pluralism by Parlee, Courtenay E, Wiber, Melanie G

“…•Institutional innovation is needed to address sustainability shortfalls in fisheries management.•Adaptive co-management may be the answer, but it must deal…”
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The role of public participation GIS (PPGIS) and fishermen's perceptions of risk in marine debris mitigation in the Bay of Fundy, Canada by Barnett, Allain J., Wiber, Melanie G., Rooney, Michael P., Curtis Maillet, Donna G.

“…From nano-plastics to large sunken vessels, marine debris presents a threat to humans and ecosystems worldwide. Fishermen's knowledge of the sources of, and…”
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Syncopated rhythms? Temporal patterns in natural resource management by Wiber, Melanie G.

“…In natural resource management, law and temporality have interesting dimensions that are complicated by perceptions of and relations with environment. This…”
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Impact of Aquaculture on Commercial Fisheries: Fishermen’s Local Ecological Knowledge by Wiber, Melanie Gay, Young, Sheena, Wilson, Lisette

“…The Bay of Fundy along the southwest coast of New Brunswick, Canada is one of the most densely stocked finfish aquaculture areas in the world. An inshore…”
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Community perspectives on integrated coastal management: Voices from the Annapolis Basin area, Nova Scotia, Canada by Wilson, Lisette, Wiber, Melanie G.

“…This paper seeks to address the missing dimension of the place of Maritime communities in Canadian Integrated Coastal Management (ICM). This work is part of a…”
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Coastal management challenges from a community perspective: The problem of ‘stealth privatization’ in a Canadian fishery by Wiber, Melanie G., Rudd, Murray A., Pinkerton, Evelyn, Charles, Anthony T., Bull, Arthur

“…Intertidal clam fisheries seem ideal candidates for the devolution of management authority from government to local stakeholders. In St. Mary's Bay, Nova…”
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Whose audit is it? Harnessing the power of audit culture in conditions of legal pluralism by Parlee, Courtenay E., Wiber, Melanie G.

“…This paper is a preliminary exploration of the relationship between audit culture and legal pluralism. Audits that employ a range of indicators are…”
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Who is Governing Food Systems? Power and Legal Pluralism in Lobster Traceability by Parlee, Courtenay E., Wiber, Melanie G.

“…This paper uses a recent lobster traceability project in the Canadian Maritimes to examine the emerging governance institutions in our global food systems…”
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"What Innocent Bystanders?": The Impact of Law and Economics Reasoning on Rural Property Rights by Wiber, Melanie G.

“…In May 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada denied the Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser innocent bystander status and ruled in favour of protecting the…”
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Paradoxical Conjunctions: Rural Property and Access to Rural Resources in a Transnational Environment by Turner, Bertram, Wiber, Melanie G.

“…According to Haugen and Lysgård (2006:176), it is not so much the postmodern turn that changed concepts of the rural sphere in recent years, but the "cultural…”
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Property as boundary object: normative versus analytical meanings by Wiber, Melanie G.

“…Franz von Benda-Beckmann made a lifetime of contributions to property theory. His main concern was that the analytical clarity around property was being lost…”
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Regulating the Blue Economy? Challenges to an effective Canadian aquaculture act by Wiber, Melanie G., Mather, Charles, Knott, Christine, Gómez, María Andrée López

“…The potential role of aquaculture in Canada’s Blue Economy strategy has injected new urgency into drafting national legislation to regulate the country’s…”
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