TY - JOUR
T1 - Stakeholder-led knowledge production
T2 - Development of a long-term management plan for North Sea Nephrops fisheries
AU - Stange, Kari
AU - Van Tatenhove, Jan
AU - Van Leeuwen, Judith
PY - 2015/8/1
Y1 - 2015/8/1
N2 - This paper investigates how different kinds of knowledge are mobilised in interactions between the stakeholders, scientists and bureaucrats who are involved in EU fisheries management. It reports on an initiative led by the North Sea Regional Advisory Council aimed at making a long-term management plan for Nephrops fisheries in the North Sea. The sharing of knowledge between the actors is explored using insights from organisation management, focusing on the kinds of resources and efforts that are needed at different boundaries to allow knowledge sharing and knowledge production to occur. The findings point to the challenge of reaching a common understanding between actors when both novelty and high stakes are involved. Experiences gained during this pioneering initiative raise questions about how far it is possible to take a 'bottom up' collaborative process aimed at developing management instruments within a setting where there are conflicts of interests between the stakeholders involved.
AB - This paper investigates how different kinds of knowledge are mobilised in interactions between the stakeholders, scientists and bureaucrats who are involved in EU fisheries management. It reports on an initiative led by the North Sea Regional Advisory Council aimed at making a long-term management plan for Nephrops fisheries in the North Sea. The sharing of knowledge between the actors is explored using insights from organisation management, focusing on the kinds of resources and efforts that are needed at different boundaries to allow knowledge sharing and knowledge production to occur. The findings point to the challenge of reaching a common understanding between actors when both novelty and high stakes are involved. Experiences gained during this pioneering initiative raise questions about how far it is possible to take a 'bottom up' collaborative process aimed at developing management instruments within a setting where there are conflicts of interests between the stakeholders involved.
KW - Common fisheries policy
KW - Fisheries management
KW - Knowledge exchange
KW - Knowledge production
KW - Stakeholder participation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84939535284&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/scipol/scu068
DO - 10.1093/scipol/scu068
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84939535284
SN - 0302-3427
VL - 42
SP - 501
EP - 513
JO - Science and Public Policy
JF - Science and Public Policy
IS - 4
ER -