The Politics of Fishing

This book is a comprehensive, topical and authoritative examination of the current crisis in the fishing industry, offering a political analysis of the reasons for the crisis and apparent failure of current policies and suggesting ways in which the crisis might be overcome. The book brings together contributions from a wide variety of backgrounds including fishery managers and fishers' representatives as well as academics. The focus is mainly on the European fishing industry, with issues including political bargaining in the EU, the working of quota arrangements, the status of marine scientific knowledge, the industry's management structures in different countries and the extent of participation in decision-making, the status of marine scientific knowledge and the fairness of the distribution of fishing rights.
This book is a comprehensive, topical and authoritative examination of the current crisis in the fishing industry, offering a political analysis of the reasons for the crisis and apparent failure of current policies and suggesting ways in which the crisis might be overcome. The book brings together contributions from a wide variety of backgrounds including fishery managers and fishers' representatives as well as academics. The focus is mainly on the European fishing industry, with issues including political bargaining in the EU, the working of quota arrangements, the status of marine scientific knowledge, the industry's management structures in different countries and the extent of participation in decision-making, the status of marine scientific knowledge and the fairness of the distribution of fishing rights.