ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access originally published online on March 30, 2007
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 2007 64(4):798-803; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsm020
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Policy and knowledge in fisheries management: a policy briefa
1 NIFU STEP, Norwegian Institute for Studies in Research and Higher Education, Center for Innovation, Wergelandsveien 7, N-0167 Oslo, Norway
2 CEDEM, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, 12 rue de Kergoat, CS 93837, F-29238 Brest cedex 3, France
3 Institute for Fisheries Management and Coastal Community Development, PO Box 104, DK-9850 Hirtshals, Denmark
4 European Commission, DG Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, 79 Rue Joseph II 02/66, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
5 Wageningen-IMARES, PO Box 68, NL-1970, AB IJmuiden, The Netherlands
6 Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, Breivika, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
7 FRS Marine Laboratory, PO Box 101, Aberdeen AB11 9DB, UK
8 Cefas, Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK
Correspondence to V. Schwach: tel: + 47 22 595156; fax: + 47 22 595101; e-mail: vera.schwach{at}nifustep.no
Schwach, V., Bailly, D., Christensen, A-S., Delaney, A. E., Degnbol, P., van Densen, W. L. T., Holm, P., McLay, H. A., Nielsen, K. N., Pastoors, M. A., Reeves, S. A., and Wilson, D. C. 2007. Policy and knowledge in fisheries management: a policy brief. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64: 798–803.The EU project Policy and Knowledge in Fisheries Management investigated the use of biological knowledge in various parts of the fisheries system, using North Sea cod as a case study. The project examined the way scientific advice was generated from technical and institutional perspectives, as well as the way claims about science appeared in both policy-setting and in public debate through the press. The results suggested that many people involved in the system want a new way to reflect about science in management. People from all major stakeholder groups are calling for a more interactive system of producing a common knowledge base. Such a system could bring uncertainty from its current marginal role as the leftovers of certainty to the heart of the science process. It would require stakeholders to help address uncertainty and to negotiate a more realistic placement of burden of proof.
Keywords: cod, management advice, relative stability, sociology of science, TAC, uncertainty
Received 5 July 2006; accepted 5 January 2007; advance access publication 30 March 2007.
a Comments and views expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of ICES, their employers, or their national Governments, nor do they anticipate future Commission policy in this area.
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