Bjørn Hersoug
Biographic Data
| ID | 216641 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bjørn Hersoug |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bjørn |
| FAMILY NAME | Hersoug |
| SIGNATURE | HERSOUG B |
| AFFILIATIONS | UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9406-0618 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Walking sideways? Management of the Norwegian snow crab fishery
The snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) in the Barents Sea is an invasive species, first discovered in 1997. Since 2012, a commercial fishery has developed, and various management measures have been implemented. Despite fishing gear restrictions, limits for the catch season and the implementation of a TAC-regime in 2017 onwards, the fishery struggles with substantial sustainability challenges. Vessels allocated a licence demonstrate radical differenc…
Illegal fishing
The management of the Norwegian Northeast Atlantic cod fishery has in many ways been a success story; quotas have been high (but now declining), profitability has been higher than most other industries and there is great interest among young recruits to enter the fishery. However, over the last decade illegal fishing of allocated quotas and black-market transactions throughout the value chain have become a significant of the political debate in t…
“One country, ten systems” – The use of different licensing systems in Norwegian aquaculture
Caught in the environmental discourse—Coastal fisheries under pressure
For decades, the Norwegian coastal fisheries have been defined as the most sustainable, compared to industrial, offshore fisheries. This is due to the low fuel costs involved in the nearshore fisheries, the relatively low investments required and the fact that the coastal fleet is decentralized, providing work opportunities along the entire coast. However, over time new actors, outside the fisheries domain, have brought new sustainability attribu…
The system of Norwegian fish sales unions – An anachronism or a successful adaptation to modern fisheries
The Norwegian system of mandatory sales unions with monopoly powers to fix minimum ex-vessel prices, protected by law, has for years attracted much interest, ranging from contempt to admiration. How is it that a system invented during the economic crisis in the late 1930s has survived and thrived, even in an era of increasing globalization and free market reforms? The paper gives a brief history of the system and examines how it has changed, deve…
Local empowerment through the creation of coastal space
Developments in national fisheries and marine environmental policies during the last 30 years have changed the relationship between coastal communities and the marine resources that people in these communities traditionally harvested. In Norway, for example, when the state authorities have made decisions to defend what they regard as national interests, the local level has been left with authority over minor issues related to area planning in the…
Not by Rent Alone
The dominant view in academic and policy arenas is increasingly one in which the major contribution of capture fisheries to development should be derived from the capacity of society to maximise the economic rent of fishery resources. Drawing upon empirical experience from the South, this article highlights the potentially disastrous consequences that a universal implementation of the rent-maximisation model would have in developing countries, an…
Revisiting Lofoten
The Lofoten fishery has become a paradigmatic case of co-management. In light of the recent changes in the regulatory system in Lofoten, this paper takes a new look at the management institution in the Lofoten fishery. Our main interest lies not in empirical observation, however, but in the use to which the Lofoten case has been put in the co-management tradition. In what sense does the Lofoten fishery represent a co-management system? What is co…
Logical Framework Analysis’ in an Illogical World
Bjørn Hersoug, ‘“Logical Framework Analysis” in an Illogical World’, Forum for Development Studies, 1996:2, pp. 377–404. International evaluations have shown that development assistance generally is difficult and that the success stories are few and far between. This is even more so in the fisheries sector, which is here used for illustrative purposes. The many failures have created a climate for change and in Norway NORAD has responded by, among…
Fishing for Development
Small-scale or artisanal fishery is a neglected sector in research on African development, despite the fact that fishery is a vital source of protein and income for a large number of people and an
Not by Rent Alone
The dominant view in academic and policy arenas is increasingly one in which the major contribution of capture fisheries to development should be derived from the capacity of society to maximise the economic rent of fishery resources. Drawing upon empirical experience from the South, this article highlights the potentially disastrous consequences that a universal implementation of the rent-maximisation model would have in developing countries, an…
Local empowerment through the creation of coastal space
Developments in national fisheries and marine environmental policies during the last 30 years have changed the relationship between coastal communities and the marine resources that people in these communities traditionally harvested. In Norway, for example, when the state authorities have made decisions to defend what they regard as national interests, the local level has been left with authority over minor issues related to area planning in the…
The system of Norwegian fish sales unions – An anachronism or a successful adaptation to modern fisheries
The Norwegian system of mandatory sales unions with monopoly powers to fix minimum ex-vessel prices, protected by law, has for years attracted much interest, ranging from contempt to admiration. How is it that a system invented during the economic crisis in the late 1930s has survived and thrived, even in an era of increasing globalization and free market reforms? The paper gives a brief history of the system and examines how it has changed, deve…
Logical Framework Analysis’ in an Illogical World
Bjørn Hersoug, ‘“Logical Framework Analysis” in an Illogical World’, Forum for Development Studies, 1996:2, pp. 377–404. International evaluations have shown that development assistance generally is difficult and that the success stories are few and far between. This is even more so in the fisheries sector, which is here used for illustrative purposes. The many failures have created a climate for change and in Norway NORAD has responded by, among…
Fishing for Development
Small-scale or artisanal fishery is a neglected sector in research on African development, despite the fact that fishery is a vital source of protein and income for a large number of people and an
Logical Framework Analysis’ in an Illogical World
Bjørn Hersoug, ‘“Logical Framework Analysis” in an Illogical World’, Forum for Development Studies, 1996:2, pp. 377–404. International evaluations have shown that development assistance generally is difficult and that the success stories are few and far between. This is even more so in the fisheries sector, which is here used for illustrative purposes. The many failures have created a climate for change and in Norway NORAD has responded by, among…
Revisiting Lofoten
The Lofoten fishery has become a paradigmatic case of co-management. In light of the recent changes in the regulatory system in Lofoten, this paper takes a new look at the management institution in the Lofoten fishery. Our main interest lies not in empirical observation, however, but in the use to which the Lofoten case has been put in the co-management tradition. In what sense does the Lofoten fishery represent a co-management system? What is co…
Not by Rent Alone
The dominant view in academic and policy arenas is increasingly one in which the major contribution of capture fisheries to development should be derived from the capacity of society to maximise the economic rent of fishery resources. Drawing upon empirical experience from the South, this article highlights the potentially disastrous consequences that a universal implementation of the rent-maximisation model would have in developing countries, an…
Local empowerment through the creation of coastal space
Developments in national fisheries and marine environmental policies during the last 30 years have changed the relationship between coastal communities and the marine resources that people in these communities traditionally harvested. In Norway, for example, when the state authorities have made decisions to defend what they regard as national interests, the local level has been left with authority over minor issues related to area planning in the…
The system of Norwegian fish sales unions – An anachronism or a successful adaptation to modern fisheries
The Norwegian system of mandatory sales unions with monopoly powers to fix minimum ex-vessel prices, protected by law, has for years attracted much interest, ranging from contempt to admiration. How is it that a system invented during the economic crisis in the late 1930s has survived and thrived, even in an era of increasing globalization and free market reforms? The paper gives a brief history of the system and examines how it has changed, deve…
“One country, ten systems” – The use of different licensing systems in Norwegian aquaculture
Caught in the environmental discourse—Coastal fisheries under pressure
For decades, the Norwegian coastal fisheries have been defined as the most sustainable, compared to industrial, offshore fisheries. This is due to the low fuel costs involved in the nearshore fisheries, the relatively low investments required and the fact that the coastal fleet is decentralized, providing work opportunities along the entire coast. However, over time new actors, outside the fisheries domain, have brought new sustainability attribu…
Illegal fishing
The management of the Norwegian Northeast Atlantic cod fishery has in many ways been a success story; quotas have been high (but now declining), profitability has been higher than most other industries and there is great interest among young recruits to enter the fishery. However, over the last decade illegal fishing of allocated quotas and black-market transactions throughout the value chain have become a significant of the political debate in t…
Walking sideways? Management of the Norwegian snow crab fishery
The snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) in the Barents Sea is an invasive species, first discovered in 1997. Since 2012, a commercial fishery has developed, and various management measures have been implemented. Despite fishing gear restrictions, limits for the catch season and the implementation of a TAC-regime in 2017 onwards, the fishery struggles with substantial sustainability challenges. Vessels allocated a licence demonstrate radical differenc…
Business (6 works) · Fishery (6 works) · Marine and fisheries research (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Fishing (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Fisheries management (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works)