ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the “institutionalization process “ of coastal resource management observed at a field site in the community. It provides an overview of the current status of fisheries in the community. The chapter discusses how the process of institutionalizing resource management has progressed at the field site through several case studies. It focuses on the three aspects of the coastal resource management institutionalization process: the enclosure of local resources, the zoning and classification of municipal waters, and the inclusion of a new notion of obligation and responsibility in the community. As discussed in the chapter, the institutionalization of marine resource management has been a process of enclosure and delineation, zoning and classification, and the inculcation of notions of obligation and responsibility. In a community disciplined under such a resource management regime, new differences and disparities among resource users are expected to emerge.
