Policy and knowledge in fisheries management: a policy brief
Schwach, V.; Bailly, D.; Christensen, A.-S.; Delaney, A.E.; Degnbol, P.; Van Densen, W.L.T.; Holm, P.; McLay, H.A.; Nielsen, K.N.; Pastoors, M.A.; Reeves, S.A.; Wilson, D.C. (2007). Policy and knowledge in fisheries management: a policy brief. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 64(4): 798-803. dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsm020
In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. Academic Press: London. ISSN 1054-3139; e-ISSN 1095-9289, more
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| Keywords |
Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Fish > Marine fish
Characteristics > Uncertainty
Management
Organisms > Aquatic organisms > Animals > Aquatic animals > Marine animals > Fishes > Aquatic animals > Marine fishes > Osteichthyes > Cod
Uncertainty
Uncertainty
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Author keywords |
cod; management advice; relative stability; sociology of science; TAC; uncertainty |
| Authors | | Top |
- Schwach, V.
- Bailly, D.
- Christensen, A.-S., more
- Delaney, A.E., more
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- Degnbol, P., more
- Van Densen, W.L.T., more
- Holm, P.
- McLay, H.A.
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- Nielsen, K.N.
- Pastoors, M.A., more
- Reeves, S.A.
- Wilson, D.C.
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| Abstract |
The EU project Policy and Knowledge in Fisheries Management investigated the use of biological knowledge in various parts of the fisheries system, using North Sea cod as a case study. The project examined the way scientific advice was generated from technical and institutional perspectives, as well as the way claims about science appeared in both policy-setting and in public debate through the press. The results suggested that many people involved in the system want a new way to reflect about science in management. People from all major stakeholder groups are calling for a more interactive system of producing a common knowledge base. Such a system could bring uncertainty from its current marginal role as the leftovers of certainty to the heart of the science process. It would require stakeholders to help address uncertainty and to negotiate a more realistic placement of burden of proof. |
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