A complicated relationship: Stakeholder participation and the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management

Tim Gray and Jenny Hatchard

Marine Policy, 2008, vol. 32, issue 2, pages 158-168

Abstract: The relationship between stakeholder participation (SP) and the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management (EBAFM) is often taken for granted, but is actually very complicated. The literature reveals five possible interpretations of this relationship: that they are (1) logically linked; (2) ethically linked; (3) instrumentally linked; (4) complementarily linked and (5) antagonistically linked. We examine these five formulations in the light of recent research on interactions between fisheries and their environment and conclude that the SP/EBAFM relationship manifests itself as predominantly instrumental in character.

Keywords: Ecosystem; Participation; Stakeholder; Fisheries; Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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