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Learning by Fishing: Practical Science and Scientific Practice

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dc.contributor.author Pálsson, Gísli en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:35:43Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:35:43Z
dc.date.issued 1995 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2007-07-18 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2007-07-18 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/1290
dc.description.abstract "Professional resource managers often assume that the ecological knowledge obtained by fishing skippers during years of practical experience is of relatively little use. At the same time, recent research indicates that knowledge gained on the spot, in the course of production, is of fundamental importance. This article explores, with particular reference to the Icelandic context, how fishermen's knowledge differs from that of professional biologists and to what extent the former could be brought more systematically into the process of resource management for the purpose of ensuring resilience and sustainability. An important recent attempt at bridging the gap between Icelandic fishermen and marine scientists is the so-called 'trawling rally' -- a procedure whereby a group of skippers regularly follow the same trawling paths identified by biologists for the purpose of supplying detailed ecological information. I argue that while the trawling rally is a useful and interesting experiment, it is important to look for alternative ways of engaging fishermen, of using practical knowledge of fishing for the purpose of sustainable resource-use and responsible management." en_US
dc.subject IASC en_US
dc.subject fisheries en_US
dc.subject resource management en_US
dc.subject local knowledge en_US
dc.subject science en_US
dc.title Learning by Fishing: Practical Science and Scientific Practice en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en_US
dc.coverage.region Europe en_US
dc.coverage.country Iceland en_US
dc.subject.sector Social Organization en_US
dc.subject.sector Fisheries en_US
dc.identifier.citationconference Reinventing the Commons, the Fifth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdates May 24-28, 1995 en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfloc Bodoe, Norway en_US
dc.submitter.email aurasova@indiana.edu en_US


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