Territoriality as a Driver of Fishers' Spatial Behavior in the Northumberland Lobster Fishery
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12164434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel A Turner (0000-0002-3288-0562, Newcastle University, corresponding author), Tim Gray (0000-0002-2071-2692, Newcastle College), Nicholas V C Polunin, Nicholas Polunin (0000-0002-1480-8794, Newcastle University), Selina M Stead (0000-0003-2142-426X, Newcastle University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 491-505 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society & Natural Resources (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-1920 • E-ISSN: 1521-0723 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08941920.2012.709313 |
| OpenAlex | W1974987755 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 37 |
Knowledge of informal rules governing fishers' behavior is important to help formulate policies suited to local conditions and supported by resource users. Fishers' behavior may be influenced by informal property rights or territoriality, yet drivers of such behavior in UK fisheries have seldom been explored. This study presents findings from interviews with lobster fishers (n = 44) at six ports in Northumberland, UK. The study aimed to investigate the existence, importance, and drivers of territoriality in this fishery, contributing to the debate over whether informal rules and norms may benefit modern fisheries management. The findings showed evidence of group territorial behavior based more on social norms than on economic calculations, but declining in response to changes in fleet structure, technological developments, legal sanctions, and community cohesiveness. Territoriality was being replaced by a new norm of “first come first served”; if this norm fails, spatial planning regulations may need to be introduced. Keywords: community normseconomic defendabilityfisheries managementfishers' behaviorlobsterterritoriality Acknowledgments This material is based on work supported by a NERC/ESRC studentship. The authors thank the Northumberland lobster fishers for their support and participation in the research, Fishery Officers at NIFCA for their assistance, and four anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments
Business · Economics · Environmental resource management · Fisheries management · Fishery · Fishing · Geography · Group cohesiveness · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Sanctions · Sociology · Territoriality · Coastal and Marine Management · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Law · Marine and fisheries research
Revisiting the Commons
The Struggle to Govern the Commons
Lobster Trap Limits
Property as a Social Relation
Using Discourses for Policy Evaluation
The Anatomy of the Maine Lobster Comanagement Law
Fisheries policy, research and the social sciences in Europe
Coping With Tragedies of the Commons
Spatial Strategies and Territoriality in the Maine Lobster Industry
Property-Rights Regimes and Natural Resources
Temporal Stability in Fishing Spots
Controlling Access
The Question of the Commons
Human Territoriality
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2018 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |