Description
In this presentation we discuss implementation as a de facto significant component of the policy decision-making process of fishery resource conservation. Implementation is ideally thought of as the ‘neutral' part of the policy process where the executive bureaucracy by the application of concrete measures gives practical effect to the policies adopted by the relevant legislative institutions. Of course, especially in fisheries it is well-established that ‘perfect' implementation is difficult to achieve due to the notorious problem of capacity in relation to control. However, our research shows that the implementation process is also effectively used by influential actors as an opportunity to subvert or altogether replace the political goals, which the policy-decision seek to pursue; this is qualitatively different from simply being able to break the rules without being caught. In effect implementation becomes thereby part of the decision-making process. Through a comparison between Denmark, which is a member of the European Union and thus subject to the Common Fisheries Policy, and Norway, we present factors that promote and prevent subversion of conservation goals during implementation. Our conclusion is that although politicised implementation can occur in both Norway and Denmark, the Danish situation, where conservation goals are agreed supra-nationally at EU level, is more vulnerable to politicised implementation. Based on our analysis we argue that an increased recognition of the importance of implementation politics is a precondition for designing more effective conservation policies particularly in the EU.| Period | 11 Nov 2008 |
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| Event title | KYSTogFISK: Hybrid management systems and their impact on the industry and the local communities |
| Event type | Workshop |
| Location | RoskildeShow on map |