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 The policy which allowed the Government to provide services made 

 people live in a manner which removed much of the meaning from 

 life (Brox, 1969). There is no way to compensate a man for a 

 sickness of the soul. 



The important points concerning the acceptability of 

 mangement plans may be summarized as follows: 



a. Plans which may be biologically beneficial may result in 

 high economic and/or social coats. The opposite is also true; 

 thus, management must necessarily involve some very difficult 

 trade-offs. 



b. It cannot be assumed that what appears to be in the short- 

 run economic benefit of the fishermen will necessarily be favored 

 by them. They may well be willing to trade off additional income 

 for other social ends. 



c. We need a lot of information on the social and cultural 

 systems of coastal communities to identify key institutions and 

 social features which managers might take advantage of or avoid 

 disturbing. 



d. Information on the compatability of management plans with 

 institutional features of coastal communities can only be assess- 

 ed after long study. One cannot obtain good information on key 

 institutions, basic values., etc. by using survey research techni- 

 ques, given the fact that no baseline information exists. 



e. We can expect great regional variation. Management plans 

 which might be perfectly compatable with the culture of fishing 

 communities in one area might cause great problems in another. 



