From RACs to Advisory Councils: Lessons from North Sea discourse for the 2014 reform of the European Common Fisheries Policy

Jenny L. Hatchard and Tim S. Gray

Marine Policy, 2014, vol. 47, issue C, 87-93

Abstract: From RACs to Advisory Councils analyses the discourse of stakeholders engaged in Europe׳s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in a tier of governance known as RACs (Regional Advisory Councils) from 2004 to 2008. The analysis demonstrates a shift towards discursive sharing by participating stakeholders. This fostered inclusion but did not effect a redistribution of the power held by Europe׳s inter-governmental institutions. This more substantive change would require more, and more consistent, discursive consensus from stakeholders. With a reformed CFP for 2014, this paper considers the possibility of a future in which regional stakeholder-based fisheries governance becomes a reality.

Keywords: Discourse; Power; Fisheries; Governance; Europe; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.02.015

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