Table 5. Opinion about fishers’ ecological knowledge (FEK) for each of the surveyed groups: (A) Do fishers possess FEK? (B) Are there obstacles to the use of FEK in fishery management? Values in parentheses are percentages.



	NEFMC n = 9	AP n = 7	PDT n = 10	Fishers n = 13	Total n = 39

(A) Fishers possess FEK?
Yes	8 (88.9)	7 (100.0)	9 (90.0)	13 (100.0)	37 (94.9)
No	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (10.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)
Don't know	1 (11.1)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)

(B) Obstacles to the use of FEK?
Yes	7 (77.8)	6 (85.7)	8 (80.0)	12 (92.3)	33 (84.6)
No	1 (11.1)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)
Don't know	1 (11.1)	1 (14.3)	2 (20.0)	1 (7.7)	5 (12.8)

NEFMC = New England Fishery Management Council; AP = Advisory Panel; PDT = Plan Development Team