by Kokorsch, Matthias | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Icelandic fisheries have gone through tremendous changes since the 1980s and the gradual implementation of individual transferable quotas. The paper investigates to what extent the power of different stakeholders in in the fisheries management system has changed, and...
by Kokorsch, Matthias | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Fisheries are a complex mixture of social, political, economic, and biological aspects, and often biological or economic end goals are given priority in fisheries governance. However, there is a growing trend around the world to include non-economic social objectives...
by Kokorsch, Matthias | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
The concept of resilience has been used for the assessment of community development and its prospects in natural resource-based localities. In the article, the resilience of two Icelandic coastal communities is evaluated. During fieldwork, various qualitative data...
by Kokorsch, Matthias | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Icelandic coastal communities face major socio-economic and demographic challenges. Multiple reasons can be identified, among them restricted access to fishing grounds with de facto privatisation through the introduction of individual transferable quotas in 1990,...
by Kokorsch, Matthias | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Icelandic fish stocks underwent privatisation in 1990, when existing fishing quotas were made fully transferable. The country’s system of individual transferable quotas has since been held up as a paragon of virtue for sustainable fisheries. This might be valid for...
