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Title of Journal: AMBIO
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Springer Netherlands
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Authors: Sebastian Linke Marion Dreyer Piet Sellke
Publish Date: 2011/02/03
Volume: 40, Issue: 2, Pages: 133-143
Abstract
The protection of the Baltic Sea ecosystem is exacerbated by the social environmental and economic complexities of governing European fisheries Increased stakeholder participation and knowledge integration are suggested to improve the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy CFP suffering from legitimacy credibility and compliance problems As a result the CFP was revised in 2002 to involve fisheries representatives NGOs and other stakeholders through so called Regional Advisory Councils RACs in the policy process We address the RAC’s task to incorporate stakeholder knowledge into the EU’s fisheries governance system in empirical and theoretical perspectives Drawing on a fourstage governance concept we subsequently suggest that a basic problem is a mismatch between participation purpose knowledge inclusion and the governance stage at which RACs are formally positioned evaluation of management proposals We conclude that if the aim is to broaden the knowledge base of fisheries management stakeholders need to be included earlier in the governance process
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