Collaborative Research in Fisheries

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Bridging the Gap: Experiments in the Heart of the Transition Zone

   • Steven Mackinson, Petter Holm

   Pages 1-6

3. Knowledge for Fisheries Governance: Participation, Integration and Institutional Reform

   • Sebastian Linke, Maria Hadjimichael, Steven Mackinson, Petter Holm

   Pages 7-25

4. Fishermen and Scientists in the Same Boat. A Story of Collaboration in the UK South Devon Crab Fishery

   • Emma Pearson, Ewan Hunter, Alan Steer, Kevin Arscott, Paul J. B. Hart

   Pages 27-41

5. Getting Choosy About Whitefish in Lake Vättern. Using Participatory Approaches to Improve Fisheries Selectivity

   • Alfred Sandström, Johnny Norrgård, Thomas Axenrot, Malin Setzer, Tomas Jonsson

   Pages 43-59

6. Understanding Fishermen-Scientist Collaboration in Galician Small-Scale Fisheries (NW Spain): Validating a Methodological Toolbox Through a Process-Oriented Approach

   • Duarte Vidal, Pablo Pita, Juan Freire, Ramón Muiño

   Pages 61-84

7. Information Is the Jam of the Western Baltic Herring Sandwich: Bridging Gaps Between Policy, Stakeholders and Science

   • Lotte Worsøe Clausen, Verena Ohms, Christian Olesen, Reine Johansson, Peter Hopkins

   Pages 85-103

8. Aiming for By-Catch: Collaborative Monitoring of Rare and Migratory Species in the Wadden Sea

   • Kai Wätjen, Paulina Ramírez-Monsalve

   Pages 105-120

9. The Italian Job: Navigating the (Im)Perfect Storm of Participatory Fisheries Research in the Northern Adriatic Sea

   • Saša Raicevich, Mark Dubois, Marianna Bullo, Gianluca Franceschini, Monica Mion, Marco Nalon et al.

   Pages 121-140

10. Trapped in the TAC Machine: Making a Fisheries-Based Indicator System for Coastal Cod in Steigen, Norway

    • Petter Holm, Asgeir Aglen, Maiken Bjørkan, Jan I. Andersen

    Pages 141-158

11. When Fishemen Take Charge: The Development of a Management Plan for the Red Shrimp Fishery in Mediterranean Sea (NE Spain)

    • Maiken Bjørkan, Joan B. Company, Giulia Gorelli, Francesc Sardà, Conrad Massaguer

    Pages 159-178

12. Does Slow-Burn Collaboration Deliver Results? Towards Collaborative Development of Multi-Annual Multi-Species Management Plans in North Sea Mixed Demersal Fisheries

    • Steven Mackinson, Michael Park, Barrie Deas

    Pages 179-191

13. Action Research in Tropical Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries: Thoughts and Perspectives

    • Manon Airaud, Laurent Tezenas, Gala Moreno, Laurent Dagorn, Jefferson Murua

    Pages 193-212

14. From Planning for Society to Planning with Society. Integration of Coastal Fisheries into the Maritime Spatial Planning

    • Robert Aps, Mihhail Fetissov, Madli Kopti

    Pages 213-229

15. Implementing the Landing Obligation. An Analysis of the Gap Between Fishers and Policy Makers in the Netherlands

    • Marloes Kraan, Marieke Verweij

    Pages 231-248

16. Taking the Initiative on Maltese Trawl Industry Management. Industry and Science Collaboration on Identifying Nursery and Spawning Areas for Trawl Fisheries Target Species

    • Nicholas Flores Martin

    Pages 249-262

17. People, Sharks and Science

    • Stuart J. Hetherington, Victoria A. Bendall

    Pages 263-277

18. Bridging Gaps, Reforming Fisheries

    • Petter Holm, Maria Hadjimichael, Steven Mackinson, Sebastian Linke

    Pages 279-303

19. Conclusion

    • Steven Mackinson, Petter Holm, Maria Hadjimichael

    Pages 305-313

20. Back Matter

    Pages 315-320

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This book is about the ongoing transition of fisheries governance, from top-down command and control towards a more transparent and participatory form. It focuses on the emergence of research practices and advice frameworks that allow co-creation of common knowledge bases for management. Drawing from 8 years of research in GAP, a two-stage 7th framework EU project, the book offers a critical examination of how knowledge practices in fisheries governance are changing. The entry point for this research is a series of practical experiments in the unchartered terrain of collaborative research. To gain insight into the ongoing transition in European fisheries management, GAP initiated and carried out 13 Case Studies in different settings across Europe. In each case study, a team of fishers and marine scientists worked together to identify, plan and implement research projects intended to make a difference. The cases vary. They take on different management issues and shape the collaborationsin different ways. The extent to which they succeed in realizing their objectives also differs. They are all contributing important insights into the possibilities of co-creating knowledge for management purposes. The book delves into the individual experiences of each case study as well as the lessons they contribute as a whole.  The examination concludes that while research partnerships are not always easy to establish, they are an important step towards better fisheries governance. Without a common knowledge base for fisheries governance, co-created through collaborative research practices, sustainable fisheries will remain out of reach.

• Fisheries governance
• Participatory governance
• Co-management and co-creation of common knowledge bases
• Fishermen's knowledge
• Sustainable fisheries
• GAP2 case studies
• natural resources and energy economics
• Fish and Wildlife Biology

• Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

  Petter Holm

• Innovative Fisheries Management, Department of Planning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

  Maria Hadjimichael

• University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

  Maria Hadjimichael

• School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

  Sebastian Linke

• Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Lowestoft, UK

  Steven Mackinson

• Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association, Fraserburgh, UK

  Steven Mackinson

Petter Holm is a professor in fisheries and resource management at UiT – The Arctic University of Tromsø, Norway. His research interests include organizational conditions for collective choice; institutional change processes in the fisheries; fisheries governance; the mobilization of science in management decision making; fishermen’s ecological knowledge and the relationship between science and local knowledge. In GAP he has served as WP leader, together with Douglas C. Wilson Kongshøj, for the systematic investigation of the progress and performance of the GAP case studies.   

Dr. Maria Hadjimichael’s interest lies in the study and understanding of the governance of the commons, particularly marine and coastal commons. Concerned about issues such as the ‘stealing of the seashore’ and ocean grabbing through neoliberal mechanisms, she has founded the website reclaimthesea.org. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Innovative Fisheries Management Institute of Aalborg University in Denmark. Her PhD (Bangor University, U.K.) explored the human dimension of the European fisheries governance. She worked on numerous interdisciplinary EU funded projects and conducted fieldwork in the UK, Spain, Denmark, Greece, Cyprus, the US and Chile.

Sebastian Linke is associate professor in Environmental Social Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has studied the relationship between science and policy for sustainable development with a focus on EU fisheries and marine management. He is particularly interested in the roles of expertise in environmental politics and the co-creation of knowledge by scientists and other actors under new forms of environmental governance.

Dr. Steven Mackinson is the Chief Scientific Officer for the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association. He began his career working with Canadian herring fishermen in the mid-1990s, linking academic research with fishermen’s knowledge. Ever since he has been interested in building stronger collaboration among scientists, fishermen, and policy makers and was leader of the GAP projects. Prior to 2016, he worked for 17 years at the UK government marine research laboratory – the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) where his research included using ecosystem models to investigate impacts of management and environmental change on ecosystems and fisheries, acoustic studies on fish, understanding the effects of renewable energy plans on fishermen.

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