The Politics of Fishing

by Tim S. Gray (Editor)

Overview

This book is a comprehensive, topical and authoritative examination of the current crisis in the fishing industry, offering a political analysis of the reasons for the crisis and apparent failure of current policies and suggesting ways in which the crisis might be overcome. The book brings together contributions from a wide variety of backgrounds including fishery managers and fishers' representatives as well as academics. The focus is mainly on the European fishing industry, with issues including political bargaining in the EU, the working of quota arrangements, the status of marine scientific knowledge, the industry's management structures in different countries and the extent of participation in decision-making, the status of marine scientific knowledge and the fairness of the distribution of fishing rights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333690857
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/10/1998
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

CHARLES CANN Former Deputy Secretary, the Ministry of Agriculture (1991-96) DAVID STEEL Employed in the European Parliament (fisheries, agriculture and budgetary questions) MIREILLE THOM Researcher, Highlands of Scotland TIM OLIVER Editor of Fishing News for 10 Years ROBERT O'CONNOR Emeritus Professor, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin (died in January 97) BRENDAN MCNAMARA Consultant in European Business Affairs KNUT MIKALSEN Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tromso MARK GRAY Fisheries Researcher, based in Anglesey JEREMY PHILLIPSON Currently working within the School of Geography and Earth Resources, University of Hull JOHN GOODLAD Chief Executive of both the Shetland and Fishermen's Association and the Shetland Fish Producers' Organisation KEVIN CREAN Deputy Director, University of Hull International Fisheries Institute DAVID SYMES Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Hull BARRIE DEAS Chief Executive, National Federation of Fishermen's Organisation GISLI PALSSON Professor of Anthropology, University of Iceland, Reykjavik

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Fishing - A Defence of Politics; T. S. Gray The Politics of Fishing - A Fisheries Manager's Point of View; C. Cann The Role of the European Parliament in the Development of the CFP; D. Steel The Determinants of Fishing Policy: A Comparison of British and French Policies; M. Thom Can Quotas Save Sks?; T. Oliver Individual Transferable Quotas and Property Rights; R. O'Connor and B. McNamara Regulation and Representation: Institutional Challenges in Fisheries Management; K. Mikalsen Recent Industry Participation in UK Fisheries Policy: Legitimacy of Political Expediency?; M. Gray The Poetical Culture of Fisheries Management: An Anglo - Danish Comparison of User Participation; J. Phillipson Sectoral Quota Management - Fisheries Management by Fish Producers' Organisations; J. Goodlad Establishing Sea Territories: A Way Forward for the Development of the Fisheries of the EU?; K. Crean Towards 2002: Subsidiarity and the Regionalisation of the CFP; D. Symes Coastal State Management; B. Deas The Birth of the Aquarium: the Political Ecology of Icelandic Fishing; G. Palsson Fishing and Fairness: The Justice of the CFP; T.S. Gary Index

Editorial Reviews

An examination of the current crisis in the fishing industry offering political analysis of the reasons for the crisis and the apparent failure of current policies to deal with the crisis, and offers solutions on how the problems might be addressed. Contributions, written by fishery managers, fishers' representatives, and academics, focus on the European fishing industry. Topics include political bargaining in the EU, the status of marine scientific knowledge, the industry's management structures in different countries, and the fairness of the distribution of fishing rights. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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