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 - 'Editor's Review', IFLPR 1(4) (2004)

Review from: 'Editor's Review', International Fisheries Law and Policy Review, Vol. 1, Issue 4 (2004)

This work is one of the products of a long-term research programme on fisheries in developing countries, initiated by the Norwegian Research Council in 1995. The book contains five substantive chapters, the first of which (“Exporting fish, importing institutions - fisheries development in the third world”) deals generally with fisheries development discourse, providing a review of fisheries development strategies, models and debate in the late 20th century. The second substantive chapter (“The community in fisheries management: experiences, opportunities and risks”) deals with the role of community in fisheries management, arguing that that role can be over-looked in fisheries management models and, while recognizing the various difficulties in realizing effective community management, suggesting it has a potentially important role to play, provided that it is allowed and equipped to do so. The next chapter (“Fisheries science in a development context”) considers the problems that have emerged in adapting scientific knowledge and assessment to appropriate development contexts, which reflect the goals of local fishers and which relate to local knowledge. The final two chapters (“To be a Norwegian means you are an expert - Norwegian development assistance in fisheries 1952-2002” and “Institutions in fisheries: what they are, what they do, and how they change”) were not commissioned in the NRC study, but were considered to merit inclusion by the authors. The first of these reviews Norwegian development assistance over 50 years to illustrate how the ideas of fisheries development have changed over time and to consider what lessons can be drawn from the Norwegian experience. The last chapter examines the concept of “institution” and considers the role of institutions in development.