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Perceptions of European Stakeholders of Pulse Fishing Perceptions of European stakeholders of pulse fishing M. Kraan, B.K. Trapman, M.M.M. Rasenberg, Report number C098/15 IMARES Wageningen UR (IMARES - Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies) Client: Ministry of Economic Affairs to the attention of drs. C.J.M. Verbogt Postbus 20401 2500 EK Den Haag BO-20-010-049 Publication date: 1 July 2015 IMARES vision:: ‘To explore the potential of marine nature to improve the quality of life’. IMARES mission: To conduct research with the aim of acquiring knowledge and offering advice on the sustainable man- agement and use of marine and coastal areas. IMARES is: An independent, leading scientific research institute. P.O. Box 68 P.O. Box 77 P.O. Box 57 P.O. 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This report may not be reproduced and/or published partially or in its entirety without the express written consent of the client. A_4_3_2-V14.1 2 of 44 Report number C098/15 Contents Contents ................................................................................................................... 3 Summary ................................................................................................................. 4 Samenvatting ............................................................................................................ 5 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................... 6 Pulse fishing 6 Regulations 7 2. Assignment ...................................................................................................... 8 3. Materials and methods ....................................................................................... 9 Analysis of media items ..................................................................................... 9 Interviews .................................................................................................... 9 Meeting observation ........................................................................................ 10 Analysis .................................................................................................. 10 Limitations .................................................................................................. 10 4. Results .......................................................................................................... 12 Media analysis ................................................................................................ 12 The interviews and meeting observation ............................................................. 16 The research agenda ....................................................................................... 24 5. Conclusion and discussion ................................................................................ 30 6. Recommendations........................................................................................... 31 7. Acknowledgements ......................................................................................... 31 8. Quality Assurance ........................................................................................... 32 References .............................................................................................................. 33 Justification ............................................................................................................. 34 Annex 1. Overview of pulse fishing dossier ......................................................... 35 Annex 2. Search terms for media messages on internet ........................................ 36 Annex 3. Interview protocol .............................................................................. 37 Annex 4. Code list used in Atlas.ti ..................................................................... 39 Annex 5. Interviews/meetings that took place ..................................................... 41 Annex 6. Original research agenda .................................................................... 42 Report number C098/15 3 of 44 Summary This research project examines the concerns and questions of European stakeholders about pulse fishing, in order to assess to what extent the knowledge agenda on pulse fishing covers these issues. To get a first impression of the concerns about pulse fishing, and to get an idea of the stakeholders that express these concerns, an analysis was conducted of media items in the states bordering the southern North sea where pulse gear is used. In addition interviews were held with representatives from governments, NGOs, the fishing industry and scientists, and seven meetings were observed, national and international, where pulse fishing was discussed. An inventory was made of the substantive concerns that the stake- holders have about pulse fishing. It can be concluded that two thirds of the concerns are covered by the proposed knowledge agenda on pulse fishing (developed by IMARES and ILVO in 2014), or can serve as specifications of the research questions on the knowledge agenda. An overview of the remaining issues is presented in table 4.11 (p. 27-28). From these questions, some are examined in other current research projects. The remaining questions are in fact governance issues or are of an economic nature. It is thus important to approach pulse fishing research transdisciplinary as the questions and concerns stakehold- ers have do not only relate to the ecological consequences or the technique of the pulse but also to the governance and socio-economic functioning of the fishery within the wider context of North Sea fisheries. This research also found that stakeholders besides having substantive concerns about pulse fishing, also have concerns about the procedure through which the current number of pulse derogations have been obtained by the Dutch government and the transparency of this process. It is thus important for the Dutch government to not only address the technical knowledge gaps on pulse fishing but to also take the social context seriously and to develop strategies to deal with it. For instance by developing a vision on pulse fishing and to communicate about it. 4 of 44 Report number C098/15 Samenvatting Dit project onderzoekt de zorgen en vragen die Europese belanghebbenden hebben met betrekking tot de pulsvisserij. Het doel van het onderzoek is om te kijken in hoeverre de huidige kennisagenda voor pulsvisserij deze kwesties dekt. Om een eerste indruk te krijgen van de vragen die er zijn en zicht te krijgen op wie de belangrijkste belanghebbenden zijn is een analyse uitgevoerd van media uitingen over de pulsvisserij in de landen die aan de zuidelijke Noordzee grenzen. Vervolgens zijn interviews gehouden met vertegenwoordigers van overheden, NGOs, de visserijindustrie en wetenschappers. Ook werden zeven internationale en nationale vergaderingen geobserveerd waarin pulsvisserij centraal stond of be- sproken werd. Hieruit is een inventarisatie gemaakt van de zorgen en vragen die bij betrokkenen leven. Tweederde van deze zorgen zijn gedekt door de huidige kennisagenda , of kunnen dienen als specificatie van reeds opgestelde onderzoeksvragen in de voorgestelde kennisagenda voor pulsvisserij (ontwikkeld door IMARES en ILVO in 2014). De overige vragen zijn gepresenteerd in tabel 4.11 (p. 27 - 28). Hiervan wordt een aantal vragen al onderzocht in reeds lopende projecten. De overige vragen zijn voornamelijk economische- en beheervraagstukken. Het is daarom van belang om het onderwerp pulsvisserij transdis- ciplinair te benaderen. De vragen en zorgen die belanghebbenden hebben richten zich immers niet alleen op de ecologische effecten of de technologische kenmerken van de pulsvisserij, maar hebben ook be- trekking op beheervraagstukken en de sociaal-economische consequenties van de visserij in de bredere context van de visserij op de Noordzee. Uit het onderzoek blijkt dat belanghebbenden niet alleen inhou- delijke zorgen hebben over de pulsvisserij, maar ook hun ongenoegen uiten over het proces waardoor Nederland tot dit aantal ontheffingen voor pulsvisserij is gekomen en over de transparantie van dit pro- ces. Daarmee is het dus belangrijk voor de Nederlandse overheid om niet alleen de technische kennishia- ten te laten onderzoeken maar om ook de sociale context serieus te namen en strategieën te ontwikke- len om hiermee om te gaan. Bijvoorbeeld door het ontwikkelen van een visie voor de pulsvisserij en door erover te communiceren. Report number C098/15 5 of 44 1. Introduction This report presents the perceptions European stakeholders have about pulse fishing. The study was commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in
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