Fishing in murky waters--ethics and politics of research on fisher knowledge

Anita Maurstad

Marine Policy, 2002, vol. 26, issue 3, 159-166

Abstract: Fisher knowledge is increasingly seen as an important source of information for the management of fisheries and sought by both academics and managers. With reference to interviews with Norwegian fishers I will discuss problematic ethical and methodological aspects of such documentation. Fisher knowledge is embedded in a social and cultural context and transfer of knowledge is relational. Fisher knowledge is a professional asset, and contains information that is often known only to a small group of local people. Transferring fisher knowledge to science and management the question is what it implies for fishers to have their knowledge moved beyond its traditional borders.

Keywords: Fisher; knowledge; Mapping; Cultural; knowledge; Intellectual; property; rights; Small; boat; Norway (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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