Prosper or perish? The development of Icelandic fishing villages after the privatisation of fishing rights

Kokorsch, Matthias; Benediktsson, Karl

doi:10.1007/s40152-018-0089-5

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“…The switch to the ITQs in Iceland in its current form occurred in 1990. This quasi‐privatized system (Kokorsch & Benediktsson, 2018) of transferability changed the common pool resource to a system of tradable assets (Benediktsson, 2014). There has been a huge political influence in the management of ITQs (Kokorsch, Karlsdottir, & Benediktsson, 2015), and the system, in general, has resulted in large economic and political rifts over the years (Eythórsson, 2003) and (Eythórsson, 1996).…”

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The role of values in shaping sustainable development perspectives and outcomes: A case study of Iceland

Knox‐Hayes

Shekhar

Chun

2020

Sustainable Development

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Sustainability is conceptualized as a process of balancing growth, equity, and preservation, a definition that is drawn from the 1987 Brundtland Commission report, Our Common Future. While making sustainability a universal objective, this definition conceptualizes sustainability as a one-size fits all technocratic solution, which removes the concept from the context of specific societies that must engage with sustainable development. Social scientific data about the nature of values, where they come from, with whom they resonate, and what goals for conservation and development they establish are equally necessary for the understanding and framing of sustainability. Policies are more effective if they are embedded in the value systems they engage. Drawing on a case study of Iceland this study examines the nature of values in shaping sustainable outcomes. We argue that regulative, normative, cultural, and cognitive institutional structures are in constant interaction with value systems and sustainability conceptions. We find that institutional structures and prosustainability values are mutually reinforcing: institutional structures and place amplify value orientation. In turn, values influence the orientation of status-quo institutional structures. Working with interview data and using a grounded theory approach, we build a model for understanding how sustainability is conceptualized in Iceland working from values through agents and industrial bases to generate strategies of development. Icelanders operationalize concepts of sustainability through innovations that improve the efficiency and preservation of natural resources. Our findings add additional layers to conventional pathways of valuation and demonstrate the importance of place and context in situating values of development.

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The role of values in shaping sustainable development perspectives and outcomes: A case study of Iceland

Knox‐Hayes

Shekhar

Chun

2020

Sustainable Development

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“…However, regional heterogeneity in habitat suitability changes may be of interest to managers and the fishing industry. For example, the overall increase in habitat suitability for cod, a flagship commercial species for Iceland, is largely along the northern coast, where fishing capacity and infrastructure has declined following industry consolidation (Kokorsch & Benediktsson, 2018). Meanwhile, the capital region and western coast where cod catches have historically been highest may see decreases under the high-CO 2 emission scenario.…”

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“…The copyright holder for this preprint this version posted March 5, 2021. ; https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.04.433927 doi: bioRxiv preprint the northern coast, where fishing capacity and infrastructure has declined following industry consolidation (Kokorsch & Benediktsson, 2018). Meanwhile, the capital region and western coast where cod catches have historically been highest may see decreases under the high-CO2 emission scenario.…”

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Projecting climate-driven shifts in demersal fish habitat in Iceland’s waters

Mason

Woods

Thorlacius

et al. 2021

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As climate change shifts marine species distribution and abundance worldwide, projecting local changes over decadal scales may be a valuable adaptive strategy for managers and industry. In Iceland, one of the top fish-producing nations in the world, long-term monitoring enables model simulations of groundfish species habitat distribution. We used generalized additive models to characterize suitable thermal habitat for 47 fish species in Iceland's waters. We then projected changes in thermal habitat by midcentury with an ensemble of five general circulation models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Program 6 (CMIP6) and NOAA (CM2.6) and two scenarios (SSP 5-8.5 and SSP 2-4.5). We find a general northward shift in centroids of habitat distribution, with variable regional dynamics among species. Species thermal affinity was the most significant predictor of future habitat change, with warmer-water species more likely to see projected increases in suitable habitat. We present spatially explicit habitat change projections for commercially and culturally important species. These projections might serve as guideposts to inform long-term management decisions about regional and species-specific suitability for Iceland's fisheries, infrastructure investment, and risk evaluation under climate change.

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“…Privatization creates changes in access to resources, goods, and services, and therefore has "distributive effects" (McCormack 2017: criterion eight. Who the winners and losers of privatization are is an important question for judging privatization from social, economic, and ecological sustainability perspectives (Carothers 2010, Himes-Cornell and Hoelting 2015, Kokorsch and Benediktsson 2018. The societal context also plays a role.…”

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Broadening the perspective on ocean privatizations: an interdisciplinary social science enquiry

Schlüter¹,

Bavinck²,

Hadjimichael³

et al. 2020

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Privatization of the ocean, in the sense of defining more exclusive property rights, is taking place in increasingly diverse ways. Because of more intensive and diversified use patterns and increasing sustainability challenges, it is likely that this process will continue into the future. We argue that the nature of privatization varies from one oceanic domain to another. We differentiate four idealtypical domains: (1) resources, (2) space, (3) governance control, and (4) knowledge, and nine criteria for the assessment of privatization. We apply those criteria to a selection of examples from the realm of marine life (from microorganisms to fish) to highlight similarities and differences and establish foundations for broader analysis. We aim hereby to develop the groundwork for a balanced, interdisciplinary perspective on ocean privatization. Our analysis demonstrates that privatization has multiple dimensions and cannot be condemned or embraced in its entirety. Instead it requires more nuanced assessment and deliberation.

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Prosper or perish? The development of Icelandic fishing villages after the privatisation of fishing rights

Cited by 30 publications

References 82 publications

The role of values in shaping sustainable development perspectives and outcomes: A case study of Iceland

The role of values in shaping sustainable development perspectives and outcomes: A case study of Iceland

Projecting climate-driven shifts in demersal fish habitat in Iceland’s waters

Broadening the perspective on ocean privatizations: an interdisciplinary social science enquiry

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