Scientific modelling can make things worse, as in the case of the North Atlantic Cod
Fisheries Collapse. Some of these failures have been attributed to the simplicity of the …

How can uncertain fisheries science be linked with good governance processes, thereby
increasing fisheries management legitimacy and effectiveness? Reducing the uncertainties …

The management of the Norwegian Northeast Atlantic cod fishery has in many ways been a
success story; quotas have been high (but now declining), profitability has been higher than …

More than a decade of bottom-up collaborative workshops and research with fishers from
the principal tropical tuna purse seine fleets to reduce ecological impacts associated with …

Are there limits to the governability of a fishery? The establishment of a 200 nautical mile
economic zone in N orway in 1977 made it possible to change from an open‐access regime …

Pelagic ecosystems support a significant and vital component of the ocean's productivity and
biodiversity. They are also heavily exploited and, as a result, are the focus of numerous …

Spatial closure regimes such as marine protected areas (MPAs) have emerged as a
prominent tool in the effort to balance ecosystem health and fishery productivity. As MPAs …

As socio‐environmental problems have proliferated over the past decades, one narrative
which has captured the attention of policymakers and scientists has been the need for …

While the notion of results based management has been devoted recent attention in the
context of reforming European fisheries management, it remains unclear what it entails. A …

Forord da vi ved Norges fiskerihøgskole, Universitetet i Tromsø, tok initiativet til et felles
prosjekt om kystsoneplanlegging i Tromsø-miljøet for tre og et halvt år siden, var vi ikke klar …