Engaging recreational fishers in fisheries’ stewardship

A case of responsibilisation in natural resource management

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21600212
AutoresKatherine Gregory (0000-0002-9384-7539, QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia), Deanna Grant‐smith (0000-0001-5935-2690, QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen66
Número7
Páginas1563-1578
Fecha de publicación2023-06-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Environmental Planning and Management (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0964-0568 • E-ISSN: 1360-0559
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09640568.2022.2034604
OpenAlexW4213311587
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas78

Neoliberal thought has exerted significant influence over the crafting and delivery of environmental policy. This has manifested in enlisting non-state actors to advance environmental policy agendas in ways that were previously the responsibility of the state. The participation of these non-state actors is positioned as integral to solving intractable environmental challenges, such as the degradation of fish habitat. Drawing on responsibilisation as a technique of governance, this research adopts a case-based study of fisheries rehabilitation policy to explore how recreationists are being mobilized to address environmental problems. Deploying interpretive policy analysis to analyze key policy artifacts this research highlights how fishers as recreational users of aquatic areas are constituted as moral, political and authoritative actors who bear responsibility for ameliorating degraded fish habitats, despite the impacts of recreational fishing on these habitats being contested. We conclude by identifying the implications of this responsibilisation for the implementation of co-management and shared stewardship of fisheries resources

Business · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental governance · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Environmental stewardship · Fishery · Fishing · Geography · Natural resource · Political science · Politics · Recreation · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research