New cod war of words: ‘Cod is God’ versus ‘sod the cod’—Two opposed discourses on the North Sea Cod Recovery Programme

Gray, Tim; Hatchard, Jenny; Daw, Tim M.; Stead, Selina M.

doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2008.04.009

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“…Content analysis was conducted for directly reported themes, such as those covered in the interview guide. To elucidate aspects of the relationship between wildlife and locals that are not immediately obvious from their interviews, the perspective of discourse analysis was also applied to interrogate the data for unprompted or underlying themes, as previously applied in conservation biology (Gray et al 2008;Bixler 2013). Coding cycles were iterative.…”

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Social factors mediating human–carnivore coexistence: Understanding thematic strands influencing coexistence in Central Romania

Dorresteijn

Milcu

Leventon

et al. 2016

Ambio

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Facilitating human-carnivore coexistence depends on the biophysical environment but also on social factors. Focusing on Central Romania, we conducted 71 semi-structured interviews to explore human-bear (Ursus arctos) coexistence. Qualitative content and discourse analysis identified three socially mediated thematic strands, which showed different ways in which perceived interactions between people, bears and the environment shape coexistence. The ''landscape-bear strand'' described perceptions of the way in which the landscape offers resources for the bear, while the ''landscape-human strand'' related to ways in which humans experience the landscape. The ''management strand'' related to the way bears was managed. All three strands highlight both threats and opportunities for the peaceful coexistence of people and bears. Management and policy interventions could be improved by systematically considering the possible effects of interventions on each of the three strands shaping coexistence. Future research should explore the relevance of the identified thematic strands in other settings worldwide.

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Social factors mediating human–carnivore coexistence: Understanding thematic strands influencing coexistence in Central Romania

Dorresteijn

Milcu

Leventon

et al. 2016

Ambio

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“…Fishers and scientists commonly have diverging perceptions of resources and may be suspicious of the reliability of one another's perceptions (Hall-Arber 2003;Gray et al 2008), creating conflicts and barriers for integrating knowledge sources in multi-stakeholder arenas. Such 'cognitive conflicts' may be the main challenge in managing common pool natural resources (Adams et al 2003), while shared understandings can support collective action to sustain resources (Ostrom et al 1999).…”

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Perceptions of trends in Seychelles artisanal trap fisheries: comparing catch monitoring, underwater visual census and fishers' knowledge

2011

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SUMMARYFisheries scientists and managers are increasingly engaging with fishers' knowledge (FK) to provide novel information and improve the legitimacy of fisheries governance. Disputes between the perceptions of fishers and scientists can generate conflicts for governance, but can also be a source of new perspectives or understandings. This paper compares artisanal trap fishers' reported current catch rates with landings data and underwater visual census (UVC). Fishers' reports of contemporary 'normal' catch per day tended to be higher than recent median landings records. However, fishers' reports of 'normal' catch per trap were not significantly different from the median CPUE calculated from landings data, and reports of 'good' and 'poor' catch rates were indicative of variability observed in landings data. FK, landings and UVC data all gave different perspectives of trends over a ten-year period. Fishers' perceptions indicated greater declines than statistical models fitted to landings data, while UVC evidence for trends varied between sites and according to the fish assemblage considered. Divergence in trend perceptions may have resulted from differences in the spatial, temporal or taxonomic focus of each dataset. Fishers may have experienced and understood behavioural changes and increased fishing power, which may have obscured declines from landings data. Various psychological factors affect memory and recall, and may have affected these memory-based estimates of trends, while different assumptions underlying the analysis of both interview data and conventional scientific data could also have led to qualitatively different trend perceptions. Differing perspectives from these three data sources illustrate both the potential for 'cognitive conflicts' between stakeholders who do not rely on the same data sources, as well as the importance of multiple information sources to understand dynamics of fisheries. Collaborative investigation of such divergence may facilitate learning and improve fisheries governance.

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“…If the lived 'reality' of resource users differs from scientific assessments, conflicts over management measures are likely, as frequently observed in fisheries (e.g. Gray et al, 2008), or in conflicts over larger scale environmental issues such as climate change (Hulme, 2009). We need a better understanding of psychological aspects of memory and perception not only to make better use of resource user knowledge but also to better understand conflicts in conservation and resource governance.…”

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Shifting baselines and memory illusions: what should we worry about when inferring trends from resource user interviews?

Daw

2010

Animal Conservation

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New cod war of words: ‘Cod is God’ versus ‘sod the cod’—Two opposed discourses on the North Sea Cod Recovery Programme

Cited by 12 publications

References 21 publications

Social factors mediating human–carnivore coexistence: Understanding thematic strands influencing coexistence in Central Romania

Social factors mediating human–carnivore coexistence: Understanding thematic strands influencing coexistence in Central Romania

Perceptions of trends in Seychelles artisanal trap fisheries: comparing catch monitoring, underwater visual census and fishers' knowledge

Shifting baselines and memory illusions: what should we worry about when inferring trends from resource user interviews?

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