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This course book has been prepared for the delivery of the Custom Training Courses (CTC) project on building capacity for mainstreaming fisheries comanagement in Indonesia. The purpose of this course book is to introduce the participants to the principles and practice of fisheries co-management. It aims to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to successfully develop fisheries comanagement institutions in their own region.  It introduces the principles and practice of fisheries co-management with the objective of improving knowledge and skills to successfully develop fisheries co-management institutions. The course book is composed of four main modules which specifically address the fundamentals of fisheries co-management, its theoretical structure and the process of starting, planning and implementing fisheries co-management, all with a focus in Indonesia. Although  there is a general marine focus,  freshwater fishery  examples are also  provided.