Emergence of multi-stakeholder-driven cooperative research in the Northwest Atlantic: The case of the Northeast Consortium

Troy W. Hartley and Robert A. Robertson

Marine Policy, 2006, vol. 30, issue 5, 580-592

Abstract: The past 50 years in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank is marked by a growing divide between fishermen, scientists, and managers. This paper tracks the scientific, regulatory, social and political evolution of fisheries management in the Northwest Atlantic, culminating in a distrustful and adversarial climate, a convergence of diverse policy needs, and the emergence of a multi-stakeholder cooperative research program--the Northeast Consortium. The institutional structure and activities of the Northeast Consortium are presented and we conclude with a discussion of the role of cooperative research in building mutual understanding and respect, trust and scientific legitimacy.

Keywords: Cooperative; research; Northeast; fisheries; management; Politics; Socioeconomic; impacts; Northeast; Consortium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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