Volume 76
Stakeholder engagement is essential to marine fisheries research, conservation, education, and advocacy
Authors
Adams, A.J., R. E. Boucek, J. P. Lewis, S. M. Lombardo, A. U. Perez, J. K. Wilson, J. W. Brownscombe, and L.P. Griffin Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2023
Event: Proceedings of the Seventy-Sixth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Nassau
Country: The Bahamas
Abstract
Modern resource management and conservation require public input and support in formulating regulatory and conservation strategies, and to achieve compliance with regulations. Historically, most guidance on science-society interaction has focused on how research findings were applied to policy, and did not include stakeholder collaboration in identifying issues of concern or research design and execution (Jolibert and Wesselink 2012). This approach follows a long tradition of linear transfer of knowledge from research to policy, and dissemination via peer-reviewed publications, which often omits or is unaware of stakeholder perceptions.