Ten lessons from the frontlines of science in support of fisheries management

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• Journal Title:
  ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Personal Author:
  Hare, Jonathan A
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center) ; GARF (Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries)
• Description:
  As a research scientist shifting into a scientific administrator role in marine fisheries, I am often asked: “what is your biggest challenge?”. My answer is simple: small-p-politics. I use small-p to indicate that my challenge is not ideological nor political. Rather my challenge comes from the recognition that marine fisheries management focuses on a public natural resource, which is man- ; aged through debate, conflict, and resolution, and involves a number of stakeholders (Underlined words are defined in the terminology section.), each with their own goals, values, needs, and objectives. In this sense, my challenge reflects a shift in my definition of fisheries science from a technical, relatively narrow natural science to a transdisciplinary science associated with the complex socio-ecological system that is marine fisheries (sensu Ostrom, 2009).
• Source:
  ICES Journal of Marine Science (2020), 77(3), 870–877
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa025
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Rights Information:
  Other
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/28477/noaa_28477_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 351.49 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f05c299d618e40b9936601d644d4fce1c53190ba478825c7cf8c4671a46f0bef