2018-10-292018-10-292008MAST 6(2):29-33 [open access]1872-7859https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/1516This is a commentary on Daniel Bromley's paper (The crisis in ocean governance: conceptual confusion, spurious economics, political indifference). Taking into consideration the varied context of small-scale fisheries in developing countries, the authors elaborate on three unstated assumptions: information on the fishery ecology; adequate administrative capacity; and sufficiently transparent governance mechanisms, with avenues of recourse to deter elite resource capture.application/pdfJournal Article