Abstract

In equestrian terms a clean round describes the completion of a prescribed course of jumps without time faults or jumping faults. In Barbados a prescribed course was set for the organisation of fisherfolk into formal groups such as associations or co-operatives. This was through a Fisherfolk Organisation Development Project that has been reported upon at previous meetings of the Golf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. The course was prescribed and bounded in time by the project work plan. From inception, most of the obstacles were spotted in the distance and prepared for, but some proved deceptive and difficult to overcome. Likewise the timing was calculated, but with each obstacle the course proved longer. We did not complete a clean round. This paper reviews the Físherfolk Organisation Development Project that was implemented between June 1997 and July 1999 in Barbados. Features of the project and its results are analysed in relation to a framework of factors derived from the literature on comanagement and institutional analysis. Some altemative approaches and future options for extending the work of the project into a long-term programme are explored.

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