Gap1 Participatory research in Fisheries management

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• Gap1 Participatory researchin Fisheries
  management

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• Improving the way in which scientist and
  fishermen work together

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GAP1 Project

• 12 fishermen-scientist partnerships
• 11 European countries
• Goal to embed participation at the heart of
  decision-making process

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GAP1 Project

• Cooperative participatory research for innovative
  fisheries management in Europe
• Finding solutions to human impact on the marine
  environment
• Both science and industry partners
• Sharing experiences
• Building capacity
• Combining knowledge
• Developing case studies

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GAP1 Project

• Research topics
• Marine spatial planning
• Empowering industry to assess the sustainability
  of resources and fisheries
• Ecological studies
• Management measures and discarding
• Fisheries management decision making

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Research objective of study

• Obtain insight to the social science aspects of
  GAP1 case studieswhere fishermen and scientist
  are working together.

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Specific aims

• Collect experiences on current work between
  fishermen and scientists
• Generate lessons learned on how to improve work
  between fishermen and scientists
• Evaluate cooperative research process of three
  case studies

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3 Case studies

• Sweden
• UK
• Malta

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Results

• Three main topics result from the analysis of the
  interviews
• a) Fishermen and scientists recognize the
  benefits of working together
• b) The presence of dilemmas which are not so easy
  to solve
• c) There is a tendency that cooperation in
  research should work better if 

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Results

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• a) Fishermen and scientists recognize the
  benefits of working together
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a) Fishermen and scientists recognize the
benefits of working together

• Fishermen
• 1. because we want them to understand us,
  because fishermen dont want fish to disappear,
  
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• 2. the aim of the science I have to say
  that, and all of us have to say it- its in order
  to help us, in order to create an environment
  where there is sustainable fisheries
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• 3. I dont think anybody would disagree with
  the fact that the gap between scientist and
  fisherman needs to be narrowed, because, you
  know, we could work to each others advantage

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a) Fishermen and scientists recognize the
benefits of working together

• Scientists
• 1. their knowledge, you cannot put a price
  on it" a fishermens experience is unique
  they are a mine of information
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• 2. if they can see the evidence, and the
  really position to evaluate it themselves, then,
  they can see that a particular decision wasnt
  made without good reason, cause thats what they
  suspect, they suspect that is just a prejudice

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Results

• b) The presence of dilemmas which are not so easy
  to solve

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b) The presence of dilemmas which are not so easy
to solve

• Fishermen
• The feeling of being overloaded by different
  people who want them to do different tasks
• Concerns over end results of the research turning
  against them
• Concerns over studies with a hidden agenda
• Injustices under some situations

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b) The presence of dilemmas which are not so easy
to solve

• Scientists
• Finding effective methods of communication with
  the fishermen
• Fighting the pre-conceived association between
  research and authority
• Finding effective methods for capturing
  fishermens knowledge
• Being on a difficult position after gaining the
  confidence of the fishermen

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Dilemmas

• Fisherman
•  1. we have restrictions while the other
  people, they fish how they want, in fact, some
  country they tell us ok structural looseness
  is good for us, we can catch the other fish
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• 2. the only thing is, that were very
  worried that the fisheries, that authority will
  use the information against us,

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Dilemmas

• Scientist
•  1. the scientist would suggest, make some
  suggestions to the fisheries managers and they
  would decide on a particular legislation, so on
  the long range you are taking measurements and
  the future, yes, it would end in legislation

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Dilemmas

• Scientist
•   2. you clearly do have to gain to
  confidence of the people youre working with
• but, if you get too involved with them, then
  you could put yourself in a difficult position
• if your data for example shows that, say that
  the fishery wasnt sustainable, if youre
  saying a thing which goes against the group,
• unless youre really strong person you might
  be sort of tempted to fixed the data or to ignore
  some elements of it if you know is going to go
  against this people

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Results

• c) There is a tendency that cooperation in
  research should work better if  

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• 1. ..scientific researched topics would not
  affect the fishermen negatively
• 2. ..scientific researched topics are of
  interest to the fishermen
• 3. ..providing fishermen a monetary
  compensation for their time
• 4. ..scientists explain their job, why they are
  there
• 5. ..scientists are clear about the use of the
  collected data

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• 6. ..fishermen can see that the research has no
  hidden agenda
• 7. ..scientists can understand and take into
  account the fishermens challenges
• 8. ..scientists go with the fishermen in their
  vessels
• 9. ..scientists dont ask things of the
  fishermen that might interfere with their tasks
  on board
• 10. ..fishermen are involved in the research

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• 11. ..fishermen are kept informed of the research
  progress
• 12. ..the benefits of participation are
  explained to the fishermen
• 13. ..the scientist comes from a University and
  not from a governmental body
• 14. ..research is developed under a tri-partite
  arrangement fishermen scientist authority  

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Are YOU a good collaborator?

• Try our Quiz
• Get a GAP cap!

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Quiz

• Discriminate fisherman from scientist in the
  following two pictures
• Do fishermen need monetary compensation for their
  time in scientific collaboration?
• Do scientists need to explain their job, why they
  are there?
• Are fishermen worried about the use of their
  data?
• What is your best advice to improve collaboration
  between stakeholders?

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Fisherman or scientist?
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Fisherman or scientist?
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Quiz

• Discriminate fisherman from scientist in the
  following two pictures
• Do fishermen need monetary compensation for their
  time in scientific collaboration?
• Do scientists need to explain their job, why they
  are there?
• Are fishermen worried about the use of their
  data?
• What is your best advice to improve collaboration
  between stakeholders?

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• Thank you!

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Further information

• Rikke Becker Jacobsen rbj_at_ifm.aau.dk
• Paulina Ramirez paulina_at_aaue.dk
• Douglas Wilson dw_at_ifm.dk
• Production Charlotta Jarnmark
  cjarnmark_at_gmail.com

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Acknowledgement

• Images from GAP1 project participants
• Sasa Raicevich, Mark Dimech, Paul Hart, Alfred
  Sandström
• EU FP7 SiS

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• GAP1 - Bridging the Knowledge Gap between
  Fishermen and Science
• www.gap1.eu
• An EU Commission project funded through Science
  in Society programme of Framework 7 Project
  number 217639