Local owner‐based management of Finnish lake fisheries: social dimensions and power relations

Salmi, Pekka; Muje, Kari

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2400.2001.00258.x

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“…This suggests that development of fishing tourism could prove challenging if other landowners and local communities who are trying to develop longer, and better beats, want to rent their riverbank. These findings are supported by Salmi and Muje (2001), who found that small ownership units were a hindrance to voluntary cooperation in Finnish fishery associations. Olson (1965) termed this lack of collective action ‘the pervasiveness of latent groups’.…”

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Typology of landowners in Norwegian salmon angling: attitudes towards river owner organisations and management actions

Stensland

2011

Fisheries Management Eco

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Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., recreational fisheries in Norway are facing shorter seasons and harvest restrictions because of low adult migration runs. Private fishing‐right holders (landowners) are important stakeholders, being co‐managers of the stocks, owners of salmon habitat and suppliers of angling. Landowners saw measures addressing salmon farming and Gyrodactylus salaris (Malmberg) as the most important management actions to strengthen stocks and downplayed actions restricting their own activity or gain. The results showed a need to build knowledge and improve communication between landowners and river owner organisations about the effects of stocking, catch and release, and other management actions. Four distinct landowner types were identified, based on their objectives for the fishing right. The diversity in the landowner group suggests managing angling tourism will be challenging, and cooperation is required to manage salmon stocks. Policy instruments to facilitate cooperation are discussed for each landowner type.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Typology of landowners in Norwegian salmon angling: attitudes towards river owner organisations and management actions

Stensland

2011

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“…In some countries, institutions at the intermediate decision‐making level have been created, such as fisheries regions in Finland (Sipponen 1998, 1999; Salmi et al . 2000; Salmi and Muje 2001). Furthermore, at the lower level, there are sometimes voluntary codes or informal institutions (Ostrom et al .…”

Section: Evolution Of Inland Fisheries Management and Its Paradigms Imentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Private and public owners of water bodies such as state, province, federal states or industries, lease fishing rights to commercial or recreational fishermen, associations, cooperatives, clubs or organizations, which are often charged (sometimes by law) with the duty to manage fisheries resources and the ecosystems (e.g. Bninska 2000; Salmi and Muje 2001; Fig. 5).…”

Section: Evolution Of Inland Fisheries Management and Its Paradigms Imentioning

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Reconciling traditional inland fisheries management and sustainability in industrialized countries, with emphasis on Europe

2002

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In northern industrialized countries, the inland fisheries sector has long been dominated by recreational fisheries, which normally exploit fish for leisure or subsistence and provide many (poorly investigated) benefits to society. Various factors constrain the development and existence of inland fisheries, such as local user conflicts, low social priority and inadequate research and funding. In many cases, however, degradation of the environment and loss of aquatic habitat are the predominant concerns for the sustainability of inland fisheries. The need for concerted effort to prevent and reduce environmental degradation, as well as conservation of freshwater fish and fisheries as renewable common pool resources or entities in their own right is the greatest challenge facing sustainable development of inland waters. In inland fisheries management, the declining quality of the aquatic environment coupled with long‐term inadequate and often inappropriate fisheries management has led to an emphasis on enhancement practices, such as stocking, to mitigate anthropogenic stress. However, this is not always the most appropriate management approach. Therefore, there is an urgent need to alter many traditional inland fisheries management practices and systems to focus on sustainable development. This paper reviews the literature regarding the inputs needed for sustainability of inland fisheries in industrialized countries. To understand better the problems facing sustainable inland fisheries management, the inland fisheries environment, its benefits, negative impacts and constraints, as well as historical management, paradigms, trends and current practices are described. Major philosophical shifts, challenges and promising integrated management approaches are envisaged in a holistic framework. The following are considered key elements for sustainable development of inland fisheries: communication, information dissemination, education, institutional restructuring, marketing outreach, management plans, decision analysis, socioeconomic evaluation and research into the human dimension, in addition to traditional biological and ecological sciences. If these inputs are integrated with traditional fisheries management practices, the prospects for sustainability in the inland fisheries will be enhanced.

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“…These associations, private water owners and commercial and recreational fishers’ associations are represented in the supervisory board of the next level of the management regime, the Fisheries Region. Fisheries Regions aim to promote planning and decision‐making in larger water areas than the fishery associations (Salmi & Muje 2001). Traditionally this governance has predominated in salmon fisheries near estuaries and in the river.…”

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Fishing tourism, biodiversity protection and regional politics in the River Tornionjoki, Finland

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2010

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Salmon, Salmo salar L., fishing involves a broad range of interest groups and is thus a challenge for fisheries governance. This article focuses on the natural River Tornionjoki between Finland and Sweden, the most important wild salmon river in the Northern Baltic Sea. The marine salmon fisheries have been restricted to protect the declining wild salmon stocks and secure catches for fishing tourism. River fisheries interest groups have been absent from the salmon committees, but have taken other measures to influence salmon fisheries politics. This social movement has achieved its aims only partly, because of counteractions by the coastal commercial fishers and their associations. A forum for enabling dialogue between stakeholders is recommended to reduce tensions between the commercial fishery and tourism industry.

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Local owner‐based management of Finnish lake fisheries: social dimensions and power relations

Cited by 16 publications

References 5 publications

Typology of landowners in Norwegian salmon angling: attitudes towards river owner organisations and management actions

Typology of landowners in Norwegian salmon angling: attitudes towards river owner organisations and management actions

Reconciling traditional inland fisheries management and sustainability in industrialized countries, with emphasis on Europe

Fishing tourism, biodiversity protection and regional politics in the River Tornionjoki, Finland

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