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Implementation politics: The case of Denmark under the Common Fisheries Policy
Hegland, T.J.; Raakjaer, J. (2008). Implementation politics: The case of Denmark under the Common Fisheries Policy, in: Gezelius, S.S. et al. (Ed.) Making fisheries management work: Implementation of policies for sustainable fishing. Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 8: pp. 161-205
In: Gezelius, S.S.; Raakjaer, J. (Ed.) (2008). Making fisheries management work: Implementation of policies for sustainable fishing. Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 8. Springer: London. ISBN 978-1-4020-8627-4; e-ISBN 978-1-4020-8628-1. 235 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8628-1, more
In: Nielsen, J.L. (Ed.) Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries. Springer: London; Dordrecht; Boston. ISSN 1571-3075, more

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  • Hegland, T.J.
  • Raakjaer, J.

Abstract
    Denmark is among the more loyal European Union (EU) member states when it comes to national implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). However, even in Denmark several mechanisms contribute to sub-optimal implementation of the CFP. Looking at implementation problems for a relatively loyal member state, this chapter sheds critical light on national implementation of the CFP in the EU as a whole. The chapter initially provides a description of the institutional set-up for fisheries policy-making and implementation in Denmark, including a short historical account of the development of the Danish fisheries and their management since 1983. Subsequently, the chapter provides an understanding of the mechanisms and processes behind the Danish implementation of fisheries policy, arguing that these mechanisms and processes have led to a situation where the goals agreed at the EU level are supplemented or even replaced by national priorities. The chapter concludes that in order to capture the domestic politics associated with CFP implementation in Denmark, it is important to understand the policy process as a synergistic interaction between dominant interests, policy alliances/networks and prevailing discourses. The inability of the EU to ensure that the conservation goals agreed at the EU level are loyally pursued during national implementation is one of the reasons why the EU has been struggling to keep fishing mortality rates at a sustainable level.

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