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Communities, knowledge and fisheries of the future

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St. Martin, K; McCay, BJ; Murray, GD; Johnson, TR; Oles, B
Published in: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues
2007

The 'human dimension' in fisheries management has historically been incorporated via a specific economic understanding of fisheries wedded to a single-species approach. Meeting the challenge of fisheries, however, will require a broadening of fisheries science towards an ecosystems-based approach. There is also the need for a parallel shift in social science understandings of fishing towards context and interrelationships amongst and between fishermen and fishing communities. While the move towards ecosystems is well underway, a corresponding movement in fisheries social science is less well established. The latter will require a commitment to new sources of data, methods and forms and scales of analysis. Promising initiatives that align with ecosystem-based approaches include the documentation and incorporation of Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK), cooperative research that bridges communicative and epistemological gaps between fishermen and scientists and community-level data collections and analyses emerging from legislative mandates and community-based advocacy. These examples suggest a reorientation of fisheries social science in step with ecosystem approaches. Copyright © 2007 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

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International Journal of Global Environmental Issues

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1466-6650

Publication Date

2007

Volume

7

Issue

2-3

Start / End Page

221 / 239

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  • Environmental Sciences
 

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St. Martin, K., McCay, B. J., Murray, G. D., Johnson, T. R., & Oles, B. (2007). Communities, knowledge and fisheries of the future. International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 7(2–3), 221–239. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGENVI.2007.013575
St. Martin, K., B. J. McCay, G. D. Murray, T. R. Johnson, and B. Oles. “Communities, knowledge and fisheries of the future.” International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 7, no. 2–3 (2007): 221–39. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGENVI.2007.013575.
St. Martin K, McCay BJ, Murray GD, Johnson TR, Oles B. Communities, knowledge and fisheries of the future. International Journal of Global Environmental Issues. 2007;7(2–3):221–39.
St. Martin, K., et al. “Communities, knowledge and fisheries of the future.” International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, vol. 7, no. 2–3, 2007, pp. 221–39. Manual, doi:10.1504/IJGENVI.2007.013575.
St. Martin K, McCay BJ, Murray GD, Johnson TR, Oles B. Communities, knowledge and fisheries of the future. International Journal of Global Environmental Issues. 2007;7(2–3):221–239.
Journal cover image

Published In

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues

DOI

ISSN

1466-6650

Publication Date

2007

Volume

7

Issue

2-3

Start / End Page

221 / 239

Related Subject Headings

  • Environmental Sciences