Evaluating the use of social impact assessment in Northeast US federal fisheries management

Community knowledge as a cornerstone for fisheries management

“…Enablers and barriers to successful community knowledge engagement in fisheries management were sorted according to the way in which they could be operationalized: conceptual, logistical, and communication factors, a comprehensive list of which is included in where there has been a loss of traditional knowledge or customary institutions, such as those with a colonial history, are at a disadvantage (e.g., Pomeroy 1995, Satria and Matsuda 2004, Gauvreau et al 2017. Even local organizations may perpetuate existing power imbalances, wealth discrepancies, and historical injustices within and between communities (Eythórsson 2000, Alpizar 2006, Lowry et al 2009.…”

“…In some cases, having access to outside conflict resolution resources may be helpful (e.g., Lowry et al 2009). In contrast, "depersonalized" relationships within an environment of normative confusion (e.g., Hviding and Baines 1994, Eythórsson 2000, Jentoft 2000, Lowry et al 2009, Salvadeo et al 2021 or delegates/leaders who are not representative of the community can pose barriers for community participation and leadership (e.g., Sutinen andJohnston 2003, Berghöfer et al 2008), in addition to problems stemming from influential forces external to the community (e.g., Hviding and Baines 1994, Schreiber 2001, Lowry et al 2009, Maliao et al 2009, Hossain and Rabby 2019.…”

“…, whereas others were national case studies from more industrialized locations (e.g., implications of individual transferable quotas [ITQs] or science-policy protocols in the Global North;Charles 1997, Eythórsson 2000, Hawkins 2002, van Hoof 2010, Yagi et al 2012, Chambers and Kokorsch 2017, Soomai 2017b, Tirrell 2017, or international in scope (e.g., discussing membership status in regional fisheries management organizations [RFMOs];Edeson 2006, Lodge 2006, Dong and Guo 2022. The concept of fish harvesters and other stakeholders organizing into labor unions, community organizations, and other forms of advocacy or decision-making institutions was referenced regularly (e.g.,Ruddle 1998, Mulekom 1999, Sutinen and Johnston 2003, Lieng et al 2018.…”

“…2013, Weigel et al 2014, Owusu et al 2023, inappropriate generalizations made across fishery sectors or between heterogeneous communities (e.g.,Lowry et al 2009, Freitag et al 2018, Grace-McCaskey 2018, Tokunaga et al 2019, and overall risk aversion or inflexibility to try something new or change existing management structures (e.g.,Sekhar 2007, Chambers andKokorsch 2017).In contrast, logistically, centralized fisheries management agencies distant from communities affected by their decisions pose a challenge to community involvement (e.g.,Jentoft 2000, Satria and Matsuda 2004, Herrera-Racionero et al 2015, but likewise, decentralization without proper policies or adequate…”

Policy issues and options in aquatic food systems: Review of frameworks, tools, and studies

“…Empirical applications to aquaculture include environmental impact assessments of aquaculture projects (Rodríguez-Luna et al, 2021). In fisheries, empirical work includes a sustainability impact assessment (Malvarosa et al, 2019), an evolutionary impact assessment (Laugen et al, 2014), economic impact assessments (Leung and Pooley, 2001;Torell et al, 2020), and social impact assessments (Feeney, 2013;Hattam et al, 2014;Hiruy and Wallo, 2018).…”