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M. Bavinck et al. (eds.), Governability of Fisheries and Aquaculture:
Theory and Applications, MARE Publication Series 7, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6107-0_3,
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Abstract Concerns, problems and issues in fi sheries and aquaculture are, in
many instances, undermined by the lack of a thorough examination of their
nature and of the characteristics of the associated systems. Their persistence creates governability challenges, which have restricted effective policy interventions. In order to improve governability, we submit that there is a need to fi rst
recognize the complexity of the problems, and then conceptualize them in a way
that points towards solutions. In so doing, it may reveal not only limits to governance but also the opportunities and possibilities that exist to enhance governability, i.e., the overall quality for governance.
Keywords Governability assessment • Interactive governance • Wicked problems
• Fisheries • Aquaculture
Introduction
The second chapter of the book explains the key elements of the interactive governance
theory, linking it to the overall issue of the governability of the system-to-be-governed,
the governing system and the various governance orders and modes. The challenges of
applying this theory and the governability concept are the focus of this third chapter.
S. Jentoft (*)
Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics,
University of Tromsø , Tromsø , Norway
e-mail: svein.jentoft@uit.no
R. Chuenpagdee
Department of Geography , Memorial University of Newfoundland , St. John’s , NL , Canada
e-mail: ratanac@mun.ca
Chapter 3
Concerns and Problems in Fisheries and
Aquaculture – Exploring Governability
Svein Jentoft and Ratana Chuenpagdee
M. Bavinck et al. (eds.), Governability of Fisheries and Aquaculture:
Theory and Applications, MARE Publication Series 7, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6107-0_3,
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Abstract Concerns, problems and issues in fi sheries and aquaculture are, in
many instances, undermined by the lack of a thorough examination of their
nature and of the characteristics of the associated systems. Their persistence creates governability challenges, which have restricted effective policy interventions. In order to improve governability, we submit that there is a need to fi rst
recognize the complexity of the problems, and then conceptualize them in a way
that points towards solutions. In so doing, it may reveal not only limits to governance but also the opportunities and possibilities that exist to enhance governability, i.e., the overall quality for governance.
Keywords Governability assessment • Interactive governance • Wicked problems
• Fisheries • Aquaculture
Introduction
The second chapter of the book explains the key elements of the interactive governance
theory, linking it to the overall issue of the governability of the system-to-be-governed,
the governing system and the various governance orders and modes. The challenges of
applying this theory and the governability concept are the focus of this third chapter.
S. Jentoft (*)
Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics,
University of Tromsø , Tromsø , Norway
e-mail: svein.jentoft@uit.no
R. Chuenpagdee
Department of Geography , Memorial University of Newfoundland , St. John’s , NL , Canada
e-mail: ratanac@mun.ca
Chapter 3
Concerns and Problems in Fisheries and
Aquaculture – Exploring Governability
Svein Jentoft and Ratana Chuenpagdee