Fisheries research at the crossroads of science and action
Reflection in a context of crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15048797 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph Catanzano (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 19-30 |
| Publication date | 1997-04-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Natures Sciences Sociétés (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1240-1307 • E-ISSN: 1765-2979 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s1240-1307(97)86196-1 |
| OpenAlex | W1737262992 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Fisheries research at the crossroads of science and action: reflection in a context of crisis. The fisheries world is at a crossroads with widespread concern about fishery regulatory systems and a wave of questions about research relating to sucri systems. The moment is right both for debate and for a concerted effort by those concerned. An important question Is: why have action and research been brought together in this way? Which factors operate to bring together social goals and scientific knowledge and move them away from one another, perhaps to a point of mutual Ignorance. The explanation developed here concerns the nature of the close relationship between research and decision that has characterised the fishery sector and which adds to the spécial features of the resource (invisible, renewable, mobile). This partly explains the importance of biological aspects in the decision process. It is from this basis that other views are added, rather than Integrated, maybe even substituted for one another, as alies develop in the productive sector. These views themselves come from fragmented visions of research relating to fishery systems and their regulation. Decisionmakers, researchers and producers each simplify the systems relating the natural and social processes, either according to time or space (ecological, biological, social, institutora!, political), which in fact can only be explained after the event once the nature of the crisis Is clear. The response suggested In this paper is to adopt a systemic approach confronted by either an effective multi-dlscipllnarlty orthe results of research-action. Drawing on a research workshop concerning the dynamics of fishery systems, an exprimental representative framework Is proposed, which focuses on the dynamics of the interaction between the productive and regulatory systems. L'histoire de l'halieutique est révélatrice des incidences de la fonction d'aide è la décision sur la recherche. Il n'en est que plus intéressant de se demander comment cette discipline peut prendre place dans les grands courants de recherche actuels concernant la gestion des ressources naturelles renouvelables dans un contexte fait d'interrogations La recherche halieutique cntoe science et action: réflexions sur fond de crise. Le monde halieutique est è un moment particulier de son histoire -propice au débat - ou se mêlent une remise en cause des syst`mes de régulation et une vague d'Interrogations sur les problématiques et modalités d'exécution des recherches. Quelles sont les causes d'une telle situation et comment se situenKHes par rapport aux cycles des relations entre les attentes des sociétés et les savoirs scientifiques ? Y aurait-il une spécificité liée è une forte proximité entre recherche et décision qui marque l'histoire institutionnelle des pêches et explique la place privilégiée de la composante biologique ? On peut montrer une superposition d'avis et d'expertises segmentés, voire des substitutions au fll des crises, il s'ensuit des visions elles-mêmes fractionnées des recherches è propos des syst`mes halieutiques et de leur régulation. Décideur, chercheur ou professionnel découpent ainsi tout ou partie des syst`mes de relation entre les dynamiques sociales et naturelles selon des échelles que seule la nature apparente des crises peut, a posteriori, expliquer. La réponse que sugg`re cet article renvoie aux pistes ouvertes par des dimarches systémiques confrontées è la mise en oeuvre effective de la plurldisciplinarité, voire encore aux acquis de la recherche-action
Action (physics · Business · Context (archaeology · Environmental ethics · Geography · Ignorance · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Sociology · Vision · Coastal and Marine Management · Computer Science · Law · Marine and fisheries research
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2003 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |