Public policy and the management of Guyana's deep Sea Fisheries

Abstract

The mud-stained beaches and coastal waters of Guyana have for centuries been a source of great derision to Guyana's Caribbean neighbours whose beaches are the focus of a very extensive tourist industry. Guyana's coasts are, however, part of an extensive resource accommodating some rather unusual ‘tourists’ including shrimps. This paper traces the rise and decline of deep sea resource exploitation from the 1920s to 1980. It examines the development of and constraints to policy and management of the resources.