Making Fisheries Management Work Implementation of Policies for Sust

The state of the Northeast Atlantic fisheries in recent years has highlighted implementation as the Achilles heel of modern fisheries management: discards, unreported or misreported landings are in many cases recognised to effectively subvert sound conser

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Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries VOLUME 8

Series editor:

Jennifer L. Nielsen U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center Anchorage, Alaska

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Making Fisheries Management Work Implementation of Policies for Sustainable Fishing edited by

Stig S. Gezelius Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute (NILF), Oslo, Norway

and

Jesper Raakjær Innovative Fisheries Management (IFM), Hirtshals, Denmark

Editors Stig S. Gezelius Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Insitute (NILF) 0030 Oslo Norway [email protected]

ISBN: 978-1-4020-8627-4

Jesper Raakjær Innovative Fisheries Management (IFM) Aalborg University Research Centre PO Box 104 9850 Hirtshals Denmark [email protected]

e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8628-1

Library of Congress Control Number: 2008931412 © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover photo by Stig S. Gezelius

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Contents Foreword ..............................................................................................................ix Abbreviations......................................................................................................xiii Glossary of Fisheries Management Terms .......................................................xv 1 The Problem of Implementing Policies for Sustainable Fishing ...................1 By Stig S. Gezelius 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9

Introduction..................................................................................................1 Discourses on the Failures of Fisheries Management ..................................3 Types of Resource Management..................................................................7 Resource Management and Distribution: The Tail Wagging the Dog? .......9 What is a “Successful” Management System?...........................................11 The Problem of Implementing Catch Regulations .....................................12 The Problem of Implementation Drift........................................................15 The Cases...................................................................................................17 What Can We Learn from a Study Such as This?......................................20

2 The Arrival of Modern Fisheries Management in the North Atlantic: A Historical Overview ....................................................................27 By Stig S. Gezelius 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4

Introduction................................................................................................27 1900–1960: Grow