Trust relationships between fishers and government: New challenges for the co-management arrangements in the Dutch flatfish industry

Until the 1990s fisheries were largely managed by the state. Since then, Dutch government and the sector increasingly recognized that a fishing industry cannot be managed effectively without the cooperation and participation of fishers to formulate policy and to implement and enforce laws and regula...

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Published in:Marine policy 2011-03, Vol.35 (2), p.218-225
Main Authors: de Vos, Birgit I., van Tatenhove, Jan P.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Co-management
Co-management Fisheries governance Trust
Cobalt
Construction industry
Control
Cooperation
environment
Fisheries
Fisheries governance
Fishermen
Fishery industry
Fishery management
Fishing
Fishing policy
Governments
management
Marine
modernization
Netherlands
organizations
participation
Policies
Positioning
top
Trust
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Summary:Until the 1990s fisheries were largely managed by the state. Since then, Dutch government and the sector increasingly recognized that a fishing industry cannot be managed effectively without the cooperation and participation of fishers to formulate policy and to implement and enforce laws and regulations. As a result, in the nineties, the existing neo-corporatist arrangement was replaced by a co-management system in the Dutch flatfish fishery. Co-management is often seen as leading to greater procedural legitimacy and subsequently compliance. However, constructing an effective co-management arrangement is not only a matter of building institutions but also a matter of building trust relations between the government and industry. Institutional arrangements such as co-management can contribute to these trust building processes; however, a too strong reliance on institutional arrangements can lead to distrust when new challenges are being faced and institutional arrangements fail to adapt to these changes.
ISSN:0308-597X
1872-9460
DOI:10.1016/j.marpol.2010.10.002