The effects of legal mandates on fisheries science deliberations: the case of Atlantic bluefish in the United States

Autor:	Douglas Clyde Wilson, Poul Degnbol
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Precautionary principle Fisheries science Environmental protection Fishing Judgement Pomatomus saltator Fisheries management Aquatic Science Public administration Decision-making Stock (geology)
Zdroj:	Fisheries Research. 58:1-14
ISSN:	0165-7836
DOI:	10.1016/s0165-7836(01)00366-6
Popis:	This paper examines a scientific decision making process that was used as the basis of management decisions for Atlantic bluefish (Pomatomus saltator) in the United States. It is derived from a sociological case study of the use of scientific claims by both scientists and non-scientists in a debate over the management of this species along the US East Coast between 1996 and 1998. This paper focuses on how legal mandates, and responses to these mandates by management agencies, shaped the debate among fisheries scientists about the condition of the bluefish stock. It suggests that these mandates had a distorting effect that kept the scientists from making use of what they felt was their best scientific judgement. The paper also examines the difficulties encountered by the scientists in assigning an appropriate role to the precautionary principle.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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