Living on the Edge: Management and Conservation of Atlantic Salmon at the Southern Limit of the Species Distribution

Alexandre, Carlos; Silva, Sara; Mateus, Catarina S.; Lança, Maria João; Quintella, Bernardo R.; Belo, Ana F.; Andreia, Domingues; Rato, Ana S.; Oliveira, Roberto; Moreira, André L.; Pereira, Joana; Raposo, Inês; Sousa, Pedro; Stratoudakis, Yorgos; Caballero, Pablo; Almeida, Pedro R.

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“…An examination of the key informants' perceptions of landscape justice provided insights into land and water management issues and revealed the need for participatory management approaches in the case of Atlantic salmon, which should be further developed. This is because participatory management approaches have shown potential across Europe and beyond to foster mutual understanding and increase local knowledge to inform decision making on the sustainable management of river catchments, including Atlantic salmon fishing activities [54,55]. We found that state governance affects the formation of, but is, therefore, also responsible for managing, the social, cultural, and economic risks.…”

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Stakeholder Perceptions of Landscape Justice in the Case of Atlantic Salmon Fishing in Northern Finland

Landauer

Joona

Keskitalo

2023

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Atlantic salmon fishing in northern Fennoscandia is part of controversial ecological, sociocultural, legal, and political questions. This paper presents a study of landscape justice as perceived by stakeholders who practice, manage, and govern traditional, household, and recreational salmon fishing on northern Finland’s border rivers, Tornio (Torne) and Teno (Tana). The concept of landscape justice is analysed through the lens of distributive, substantive, procedural, and recognition forms of justice. The data are based on semi-structured stakeholder interviews (N = 15). A qualitative content analysis of the data based on the forms of justice reveals that salmon are associated with diverse environmental, economic, and sociocultural values of the landscape. The study results show the current state governance mode of salmon fishing causes landscape injustice manifesting, in particular, as an unequal distribution of risks and benefits regarding fishing governance and its challenges. There is unclear legislation for Tornio. Landscape justice is violated by regulations causing unclear case law for Teno on the ownership of land or water and related fishing restrictions, as well as a lack of possibilities for local tourist entrepreneurs and household fishermen to participate in decision making. Governmental decisions are mainly based on the overall ecological status of salmon populations at the expense of local variations or the recognition and systemic evaluation of sociocultural and local economic values of the landscape. The results indicate a need for national and cross-border policy decisions to include sociocultural and economic aspects of Atlantic salmon fishing to guide movement towards more just environmental governance.

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Stakeholder Perceptions of Landscape Justice in the Case of Atlantic Salmon Fishing in Northern Finland

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Joona

Keskitalo

2023

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Living on the Edge: Management and Conservation of Atlantic Salmon at the Southern Limit of the Species Distribution

Abstract: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).

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Stakeholder Perceptions of Landscape Justice in the Case of Atlantic Salmon Fishing in Northern Finland

Stakeholder Perceptions of Landscape Justice in the Case of Atlantic Salmon Fishing in Northern Finland

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