There is an emerging consensus among academics and resource managers that successful resource management systems must be developed locally and account for a diverse range of political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors. In this research we evaluate and categorize the fishers' perspectives on the environmental, economic, social, and legal impacts of transitioning from a private property system to community fisheries in Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake. Specifically, this paper uses interview results (N = 523) to assess the perceptions of local communities following a reform in 2012, whereby a commercial leasehold system was replaced with a community-based fishery management system. Results demonstrate that this conversion of fishery management systems is perceived as helping to improve economic, environmental, and legal conditions at the macro-level, but improvements in economic productivity at the individual level are inconclusive. This paper reveals the inherent complexity, benefits, and trade-offs involved in community-based management by exploring fishers' perceptions. One implication of this study is that the data reinforce the importance of participatory engagement in the development of resource management systems.

学者和资源管理者之间正在形成一种新的共识，即成功的资源管理系统必须在本地开发，并考虑到各种各样的政治，经济，社会，技术，法律和环境因素。在这项研究中，我们评估和分类了渔民对从私人财产制向柬埔寨洞里萨湖的社区渔业过渡的环境，经济，社会和法律影响的观点。具体来说，本文使用访谈结果（N = 523）来评估2012年改革后当地社区的看法，即商业租赁系统被基于社区的渔业管理系统所取代。结果表明，渔业管理体系的这种转变被认为有助于改善经济，环境，宏观层面的法律条件，但个人层面的经济生产率提高尚无定论。本文通过探索渔民的看法，揭示了基于社区的管理所固有的复杂性，收益和权衡取舍。这项研究的一个含义是，数据加强了参与性参与在资源管理系统开发中的重要性。