Abstract
‘Governing the governance’ refers to the overarching values and interests on which governing institutions are built and operate relative to small-scale fisheries. Who are these values representing and how consistent are institutional settings with respect to them? How effective are existing institutions for accommodating diverse values in their governing practices? This chapter explores the governance system and experiences of small-scale fisheries in the Baltic Sea, particularly in the context of the European Union (EU) Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). We focus on the EU governing system and its relation with the values and interests of small-scale fisheries and the organizations representing them, and evaluate the scope for the governability of small-scale fisheries in the Baltic Sea. Our chapter use the case of fishers’ representation in the EU Baltic Sea Advisory Council for this purpose and discusses the consequences of a missing link between small-scale coastal fisheries’ values and the overarching EU fisheries governance system regulated by the CFP. Finally, we explore how this missing linkage might change under current regional and local initiatives to support small-scale fisheries in Europe, and conclude on the governability and transdisciplinary challenges this shift may entail.
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In the Baltic states, the number of fishers, including small-scale fishers, increased after independence in 1991, when Soviet restrictions for going out to the sea were abolished, market regulations relaxed, and fishing became uncontrollable. In Estonia, the number of fishers dropped again over the present century caused by reduced fish stocks (see Raid and Järvik 2008; Järvik et al. 2012).
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FLAGs are now an instrument of the Community-led Local Development program of the European Maritime Fisheries Fund. See www.farnet.eu
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The BSAC for example has only 26 seats in its Executive Committee and 40 members of the General Assembly (www.bsac.dk).
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The four Baltic fisheries organizations that are members of LIFE are: Fischerieschutzverband Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), Foreningen for Skånsomt Kystfiskeri (Denmark), Srodkowopomorska (Polen) and Sveriges Yrkesfisakres Ekonomiska Förening (Sweden).
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This research was partially funded by the main author’s research grant from the Centre for Sea and Society at Gothenburg University. The authors thank two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and recommendations to an early version of our manuscript.
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Arias-Schreiber, M., Linke, S., Delaney, A.E., Jentoft, S. (2019). Governing the Governance: Small-Scale Fisheries in Europe with Focus on the Baltic Sea. In: Chuenpagdee, R., Jentoft, S. (eds) Transdisciplinarity for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance. MARE Publication Series, vol 21. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94938-3_19
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