Fishing in murky waters—ethics and politics of research on fisher knowledge

Maurstad, Anita

doi:10.1016/s0308-597x(01)00045-8

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“…Since the ineffectiveness of science-based management, the administrators have started to pay more attention to the utilization of fisher's knowledge (Maurstad, 2001). According to Jentoft (1989) a prerequisite for successful implementation of new fisheries management system is fishermen's approval.…”

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Individual transferable quotas in the Baltic Sea herring fishery: A socio-bioeconomic analysis

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Our aim is to study the possible economic, biological and social effects of the individual transferable quotas (ITQs) for the Finnish herring fishery. First, we carry out the bioeconomic analysis of Finnish herring fishery. The model observes two optional management schemes: ITQ-system and IQ-system with non-transferable quotas. Secondly, the qualitative part of the study consists of the interviews of Finnish fishermen. We find that current management of the Finnish herring fishery is far from biologically and economically sound management. The economic advice is biologically more conservative than the current biological advice. According to simulation results ITQ-system is a good alternative for the current total allowable catch (TAC) based management. The results of interviews show that ITQ-system would likely be supported by the fishermen.

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Individual transferable quotas in the Baltic Sea herring fishery: A socio-bioeconomic analysis

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“…In the 1990s, a social scientist and a fisheries biologist identified 44 local cod spawning grounds based on interviews with active fishers (Maurstad et al 1992, Maurstad and Sundet 1998, Maurstad 2000, Solås and Hersoug 2012. Because of concerns about ethical considerations, they decided not to publish the results (Maurstad 2002). However, the project introduced a methodology and concepts that represented a link to an emerging field of research: the mapping of local ecological knowledge/fishers' ecological knowledge.…”

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Local empowerment through the creation of coastal space?

Johnsen¹,

Hersoug²

2014

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ABSTRACT. Developments in national fisheries and marine environmental policies during the last 30 years have changed the relationship between coastal communities and the marine resources that people in these communities traditionally harvested. In Norway, for example, when the state authorities have made decisions to defend what they regard as national interests, the local level has been left with authority over minor issues related to area planning in the coastal zone. Although coastal planning until recently was about sharing fishing areas between different users, we now see a spatial dimension emerging in planning, giving it a much broader scope. The processes of defining spatial properties and creating coastal space as a governable object have the potential to empower local communities. These processes contribute to enhanced local control and improved local participation in the governance of natural resources. In Norway, the 2008 Planning and Building Act strengthened the role of municipalities in local planning. In addition, the application of a new three-dimensional, spatial approach to coastal planning may create opportunities for new control over local resources. In marine spatial planning (MSP) the natural resources are seen as part of coastal spatial properties; thus, governing of sea space implies resource governance. As our examples illustrate, considerable power is associated with the ability to identify and define the properties of coastal space. MSP could become an important tool for controlling local resources, rebuilding collapsed fisheries, and managing them sustainably at the level of municipalities.

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“…Although fisheries scientists had already found indications of differences between coastal and oceanic components of the Northeast Arctic cod stock in the 1930s (Rollefsen 1933), the stock has been managed as one big stock. In the 1990s, a social scientist and a fisheries biologist carried out interviews among 70 active fishers in Finnmark county in Norway (Maurstad 2000(Maurstad , 2002Maurstad and Sundet 1998). Their study was not directed toward identifying ecological knowledge as a body of knowledge but toward using the fishers' experience to identify local cod populations and spawning grounds.…”

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“…Based on their interviews, they identified 34 local spawning grounds that could indicate the existence of several local cod populations. However, after ethical considerations, they decided not to publish more of the results displaying good fishing grounds in the area (Maurstad 2002). The ambition of contributing to better stock assessment for local stocks with the mapping were not fulfilled in the short term (Maurstad 2000), but the project probably contributed to bringing the existence of local cod populations back on the fisheries management agenda.…”

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“…Research on LEK has been concerned about the ownership of the knowledge collected (Maurstad 2002). In Norway today, DoF and IMR are "the owners" of the collected and authorised knowledge in terms of controlling the raw data and in the sense that they must be referred to when using or publishing their maps.…”

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The creation of coastal space – how local ecological knowledge becomes relevant

2014

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Since the 1990s, substantial efforts have been invested in Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) research, but LEK has only been applied in western fisheries and resource management to a limited extent. The attempts to link LEK to model-based fish stock assessment seem to have failed largely because the format of LEK does not fit into the models currently in use. However, LEK is still relevant for natural resource management. This article approaches LEK from a different position, not as knowledge about fish stocks but as a constituent in the creation of coastal space as a management object. Through the description of procedures and practices for collection, mapping and authorisation of LEK in Norway, the article illustrates how LEK can potentially become a central element in fisheries and coastal management by using the construction of coastal space as a core management object. As the article will show, the translation of users' experiences into formal knowledge (LEK) about specific activities in certain localities imbues the coastal space with formerly unknown properties and contributes to turning it into a more complex management object. Thus, the article illustrates that LEK becomes relevant for management when it is presented in a format that fits into the frames of reference used in coastal zone management.Keywords: Local ecological knowledge; Fishers' knowledge; Multiple objects; Coastal space Local knowledge -knowledge about what?Our story starts during the winter fishery for North East Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) a on a fishing ground outside Senja in Northern Norway in 2011 (Figure 1, Area 1), on board a 15 meter long gillnetter with two men fishing on this particular fishing ground for their first time. During participant observation, we could observe and experience how they struggled to learn how to fish in a new area. When a string of nets was hauled, as a newcomer to the ground, the skipper had to decide whether to set again in the same position or start looking for a new place to deploy the gear. Based on the size of the catch, information he had obtained from the old-timers on shore, advice from other skippers fishing in the same area and his own interpretation of the relationship between an unfamiliar bottom, unfamiliar currents and fish behaviour, this was like trial fishing, and he had to discuss with his crew before he made a final decision. The skipper had more than 30 years of fishing experience from the fishing grounds around the Lofoten Islands, where he actually knew the waters intimately (Figure 1, Area 2). In 2007 and 2009, we conducted fieldwork on board this vessel when the

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Fishing in murky waters—ethics and politics of research on fisher knowledge

Cited by 56 publications

References 5 publications

Individual transferable quotas in the Baltic Sea herring fishery: A socio-bioeconomic analysis

Individual transferable quotas in the Baltic Sea herring fishery: A socio-bioeconomic analysis

Local empowerment through the creation of coastal space?

The creation of coastal space – how local ecological knowledge becomes relevant

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