Fishermen's Interests and Cooperation: Preconditions for Joint Management of Swedish Coastal Fisheries

The participation of fishermen in fisheries management is discussed with varying ideas under the notions of “comanagement”, “participatory management” or “local management”. Empirical studies within Swedish fishery have thrown new light on the preconditions for fishermen's participation in fish...

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Published in:Ambio 2005-03, Vol.34 (2), p.101-110
Main Authors: Bruckmeier, Karl, Ellegård, Anders, Píriz, Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Associations
Attitudes
Boats
Coastal fisheries
Coasts
Commercial fishing
Conservation of Natural Resources
Cooperation
Cooperative Behavior
Ecological sustainability
Ecology
Economic resources
Ekologi
Fisheries
Fisheries - methods
Fisheries management
Fisheries science
Fishers
Fishery economics
Fishery resources
Fishes
Fishing
Food Supply
Humans
Landscape Architecture
Landskapsarkitektur
Marine
Models, Organizational
North Sea
Oceanografi, hydrologi och vattenresurser
Oceanography, Hydrology and Water Resources
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Participation
Participatory management
Resource management
Resource ownership
Success
Sustainable fisheries management
Sweden
Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap
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Summary:The participation of fishermen in fisheries management is discussed with varying ideas under the notions of “comanagement”, “participatory management” or “local management”. Empirical studies within Swedish fishery have thrown new light on the preconditions for fishermen's participation in fisheries management. Among the important factors influencing failure or success are the two which we discuss here: the question of articulation, organization and representation of interests of fishermen and the question of trust between the groups that are usually cooperating in resource management, fishermen, governmental administrators and researchers. The research summarized has addressed the interests of fishermen with regard to resource management, local fisheries management, and participation of fishermen. The overarching question connecting the three themes is: How can the interests of fishermen be represented better within fisheries management? Interests and trust, “soft facts”, can be as important for the success or failure of fisheries management and participation as can “hard facts” such as ownership rights, quantity and quality of resources or monetary value of resources.
ISSN:0044-7447
1654-7209
DOI:10.1579/0044-7447-34.2.101