Table 3. The phases of the adaptive cycle exemplified by East German recreational fisheries governance over the course of 50 years.
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K1 |
1954 – 1989 (35 years): Policy implementation and conservation
of central recreational fisheries governance in the former GDR |
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Ω |
October 1989 – June 1990 (9 months): Disturbance & policy
release of the K1 system |
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α |
July 1990 - April 1991 (8 months): Opportunity of change for a new
governance approach in East Germany in the reunification process, discussion of
policy alternatives |
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r |
April 1991 - October 1992 (18 months): choice of policy plan (pattern
of persistence) |
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K2 |
From December 1992 on: Implementation of the current governance
approach in East Germany with high institutional persistence in comparison with
the “K1” status |
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