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The Failure of Success in Natural Resource Policy: Pacific Salmon Harvest Policy in New York State
Author(s) -
Connelly Nancy A.,
Knuth Barbara A.,
Dawson Chad P.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1992.tb00388.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , agency (philosophy) , natural resource , state (computer science) , natural resource management , resource (disambiguation) , business , process (computing) , economics , environmental resource management , public economics , public administration , political science , sociology , law , computer network , social science , algorithm , computer science , operating system
Natural resource management policies like the Pacific salmon harvest policy developed by New York State often did not anticipate the extent of social, economic, and ethical concerns that would be generated, largely because the agency concentrated on biological considerations. The number of concerned stakeholders grew in proportion to both the success and failure of the initial policy. Had all participants been equally willing to recognize both the successes and the failures, development of a revised policy through group negotiations may have been possible, resulting in a cooperative mode of decision making. Instead, institutional mechanisms based on legislated process were ultimately the approach chosen for policy revision.