Institutional and policy perspectives in the management of fisheries and coastal resources in Thailand

Abstract

Important fishery and coastal resources in Thailand are already being degraded or threatened by various anthropogenic factors. These factors include a rapidly growing coastal population, bureaucratic or administrative problems, overexploitation and pollution. This chapter shows how the government at the national and local levels addresses the problem. Laws, policies and plans are laid out both to counter resource degradation and to managethe resources.