Chapter 4 The knowledge base of co-management

Hoefnagel, Ellen; Burnett, Amy Nelson; Wilson, Doug Clyde

doi:10.1016/s0167-9309(06)80007-4

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“…For example FK may include information on ecological, social, technical and economic aspects of fisheries that have historically been neglected by conventional fisheries science (Moller et al 2004). Secondly, the process of co-management (Jentoft et al 1998) relies on the development of institutions that facilitate knowledge exchange between stakeholders, scientists and managers to develop greater understanding and more efficient governance (Hoefnagel et al 2006).…”

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Perceptions of trends in Seychelles artisanal trap fisheries: comparing catch monitoring, underwater visual census and fishers' knowledge

2011

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SUMMARYFisheries scientists and managers are increasingly engaging with fishers' knowledge (FK) to provide novel information and improve the legitimacy of fisheries governance. Disputes between the perceptions of fishers and scientists can generate conflicts for governance, but can also be a source of new perspectives or understandings. This paper compares artisanal trap fishers' reported current catch rates with landings data and underwater visual census (UVC). Fishers' reports of contemporary 'normal' catch per day tended to be higher than recent median landings records. However, fishers' reports of 'normal' catch per trap were not significantly different from the median CPUE calculated from landings data, and reports of 'good' and 'poor' catch rates were indicative of variability observed in landings data. FK, landings and UVC data all gave different perspectives of trends over a ten-year period. Fishers' perceptions indicated greater declines than statistical models fitted to landings data, while UVC evidence for trends varied between sites and according to the fish assemblage considered. Divergence in trend perceptions may have resulted from differences in the spatial, temporal or taxonomic focus of each dataset. Fishers may have experienced and understood behavioural changes and increased fishing power, which may have obscured declines from landings data. Various psychological factors affect memory and recall, and may have affected these memory-based estimates of trends, while different assumptions underlying the analysis of both interview data and conventional scientific data could also have led to qualitatively different trend perceptions. Differing perspectives from these three data sources illustrate both the potential for 'cognitive conflicts' between stakeholders who do not rely on the same data sources, as well as the importance of multiple information sources to understand dynamics of fisheries. Collaborative investigation of such divergence may facilitate learning and improve fisheries governance.

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Perceptions of trends in Seychelles artisanal trap fisheries: comparing catch monitoring, underwater visual census and fishers' knowledge

2011

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“…Fisheries scientist and fishers throughout the world have engaged in participatory fisheries research programmes which can be categorized into one of the four basic models depending on how they approach the relationship between fishers' and scientists' knowledge (Hoefnagel et al 2006). Based on three case studies of participatory research processes that are evolving in Europe, this article argues that certain dilemmas tend to arise within the fisher/scientist relationship as a result of an inbuilt tension between empowerment and regulatory control within the very context of their cooperation.…”

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“…Research relationships between fishers and scientists usually adhere to one of the four basic models according to Hoefnagel et al (2006). The first model is the Deference Model in which fishers are expected to defer to scientists assuming essentially the role of research assistants.…”

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Empowerment and regulation – dilemmas in participatory fisheries science

2011

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Using a perspective from the sociology of knowledge, this study identifies some ‘dilemmas of participatory research’. We look at how social relationships between fishers and scientists develop around the exchange of fishers’ knowledge in particular institutional contexts. We survey the general types and global examples of fisher–scientist relationships in terms of how they approach the integration of fishers’ and scientists’ knowledge. Based on an empirical study of three European cases of participatory research, we then discuss five dilemmas that tend to characterize fisher–scientist relationships. These dilemmas centre on the relationship between fisheries research, fishery regulations and fishers as subjects of both regulation and participatory research endeavours. We argue that these dilemmas – experienced by both scientists and fishers – express an underlying tension between ‘empowering’ fishers to support the effective management of the fishing commons and the bureaucratic need to regulate the fishery as an industry.

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“…One way of engaging with fishers' knowledge in collaboration is through participatory data collection arrangements (Hoefnagel et al 2006;Bjørkan 2011). In the present case, the involvement of fishers in the North Sea Stock Survey did not promote their sense of ownership of management problems, as the results were hardly used by scientists and managers (Daw 2008).…”

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Stakeholder-led knowledge production: Development of a long-term management plan for North SeaNephropsfisheries

Stange

Tatenhove

Leeuwen

2014

Science and Public Policy

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This paper investigates how different kinds of knowledge are mobilised in interactions between the stakeholders, scientists and bureaucrats who are involved in EU fisheries management. It reports on an initiative led by the North Sea Regional Advisory Council aimed at making a long-term management plan for Nephrops fisheries in the North Sea. The sharing of knowledge between the actors is explored using insights from organisation management, focusing on the kinds of resources and efforts that are needed at different boundaries to allow knowledge sharing and knowledge production to occur. The findings point to the challenge of reaching a common understanding between actors when both novelty and high stakes are involved. Experiences gained during this pioneering initiative raise questions about how far it is possible to take a 'bottom up' collaborative process aimed at developing management instruments within a setting where there are conflicts of interests between the stakeholders involved.

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Chapter 4 The knowledge base of co-management

Cited by 21 publications

References 15 publications

Perceptions of trends in Seychelles artisanal trap fisheries: comparing catch monitoring, underwater visual census and fishers' knowledge

Perceptions of trends in Seychelles artisanal trap fisheries: comparing catch monitoring, underwater visual census and fishers' knowledge

Empowerment and regulation – dilemmas in participatory fisheries science

Stakeholder-led knowledge production: Development of a long-term management plan for North SeaNephropsfisheries

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