Examining the presence and effects of coherence and fragmentation in the Gulf of Maine fishery management network.

ABSTRACT: Natural resource management networks cohere due to mutual dependencies and fragment, in part, due to the perceived risks of interaction. However, research on these networks has tended to accept coherence a priori rather than problematizing dependence, and few studies exist on interorganizational risk perception. This article presents the results of a study operationalizing these concepts and measuring the distribution of three types of dependence (capital, legitimacy, and regulatory) and two types of perceived risk (performance and sanction) among nearly fifty stakeholder groups and organizations participating in the management of fisheries in the binational Gulf of Maine. The analysis reveals an organizationally diverse network with several stakeholder types participating, with communicat

SUBMITTER: Katznelson D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624248 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature