Closing the Commons: Norwegian Fisheries from Open Access to Private Property - Couverture souple

Hersoug, Bjorn

 
9789059720749: Closing the Commons: Norwegian Fisheries from Open Access to Private Property
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9059720741 ISBN 13 : 9789059720749
Editeur : Eburon Academic Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

Closing the Commons traces the development of limited access in fisheries back to the 1930s, when a licensing system was established for trawlers operating in Norwegian waters. The process is followed through the closing of the offshore fleets in the 1970s, and the coastal fleet in the 1990s. As per 2005 more than 90% of all Norwegian fisheries are closed through various license systems and rights of participation.
This process is not the result of any grand design, but the gradual development through 70 years of fisheries policy, where the present "end result" is rapidly approaching a system based on Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs), well known from Iceland and New Zealand, among others. The book describes and analyses the process, including also related sectors, such as aboriginal fisheries by the Saami, recreational fisheries and aquaculture. The author also demonstrates to what extent there still is freedom of choice regarding future policies, including also the issue of resource tax, so as to create a more legitimate management regime. The book is the first attempt of giving a coherent presentation of the entire closing process for an English speaking audience, and is based on a large number of Norwegian research contributions.
Professor Bjørn Hersoug has been the rector of The Norwegian College of Fishery Science , University of Tromsø (Norway) and has been involved with fisheries management in Norway as well as in other countries for nearly 30 years, both practically and academically. Hersoug has previously published Unfinished business. New Zealand's experience with rights-based fisheries management (2002), Fishing in a sea of sharks. Reconstruction and development in the South African fishing industry (2002) and Fisheries development. The institutional challenge (2004) (together with Svein Jentoft and Poul Degnbol), all on Eburon.

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À propos de l'auteur

Bjorn Hersoug was the rector of the Norwegian College of Fishery Science at the University of Tromso and has been involved with fisheries management in Norway as well as in other countries for nearly thirty years, both practically and academically. Hersoug is the author of, among other books, Fishing in a Sea of Sharks: Reconstruction and Development in the South African Fishing Industry and Fisheries Development: The Institutional Challenge.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Closing the Commons traces the development of limited access in fisheries back to the 1930s, when a licensing system was established for trawlers operating in Norwegian waters. The process is followed through the closing of the offshore fleets in the 1970s, and the coastal fleet in the 1990s. As per 2005 more than 90% of all Norwegian fisheries are closed through various license systems and rights of participation.
This process is not the result of any grand design, but the gradual development through 70 years of fisheries policy, where the present "end result" is rapidly approaching a system based on Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs), well known from Iceland and New Zealand, among others. The book describes and analyses the process, including also related sectors, such as aboriginal fisheries by the Saami, recreational fisheries and aquaculture. The author also demonstrates to what extent there still is freedom of choice regarding future policies, including also the issue of resource tax, so as to create a more legitimate management regime. The book is the first attempt of giving a coherent presentation of the entire closing process for an English speaking audience, and is based on a large number of Norwegian research contributions.
Professor Bjørn Hersoug has been the rector of The Norwegian College of Fishery Science , University of Tromsø (Norway) and has been involved with fisheries management in Norway as well as in other countries for nearly 30 years, both practically and academically. Hersoug has previously published Unfinished business. New Zealand's experience with rights-based fisheries management (2002), Fishing in a sea of sharks. Reconstruction and development in the South African fishing industry (2002) and Fisheries development. The institutional challenge (2004) (together with Svein Jentoft and Poul Degnbol), all on Eburon.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Eburon Academic Publishers
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9059720741
ISBN 13 
9789059720749
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
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Personne responsable
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