Abstract
This paper presents an overview of the institutionalization of coastal and fisheries management systems in the Philippines in the last decade through a case study of an intermunicipal management effort in Banate Bay, Iloilo Province, Western Visayas, Philippines. In the process, key factors that promote scaling-up and resilience of the co-management system are identified and evaluated. Using a civic science perspective and field methodologies of policy analysis conducted periodically between 1998 to 2001, the data reveal that co-management efforts in Banate Bay have been successful due to: the guidance and of a policy network; funding and technical assistance of state agencies and civil society groups; participation of small-scale fishers in the decisionmaking process; effective database management, and; administrative coordination between state and civil society actors through an intermunicipal management council.
