• Catch-based aquaculture in Norway - Institutional challenges in the development of a new marine industry 

      Sønvisen, Signe Annie; Standal, Dag (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-12)
      Catch-based aquaculture (CBA) is an important production system in many parts of the world, especially in developing countries. In Norway CBA is based on capture and storage/farming of mature, North-east Atlantic (NEA) cod (Gadus morhua). The objective is to reduce seasonal variations and add value, by storing/farming fish to take advantage of higher prices in low seasons. Despite numerous development ...
    • Farvel til fiskeren? Om frafall og rekruttering til fiske 

      Johnsen, Jahn Petter; Vik, Jostein; Sønvisen, Signe Annie (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2013)
      Parallelt med tiltagende lukking av de store fiskeriene i Norge, har det skjedd en nedgang i antall fiskere, samtidig som også færre rekrutteres til fiske. Spørsmålet her er om fiskere har blitt skjøvet ut av yrket eller om de har sluttet av andre grunner? En undersøkelse blant fiskere som har sluttet, tyder på at utviklinga i andre næringer og i samfunnet har hatt innvirkning på sysselsettingssystemet ...
    • Governing the fisher body – safety as body-politics and fisheries governance 

      Sønvisen, Signe Annie; Thorvaldsen, Trine; Johnsen, Jahn Petter (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-12)
      Body Mass Index (BMI) is not only the prevailing tool used for defining and diagnosing obesity, but it is also a tool that intervenes into fisheries governance, and into fishers’ lives and bodies. All fishers on board vessels over 100 gross tons (GT) must hold a seaman’s licence; too high a BMI may lead to a “loss-of-licence” and the inability to undertake their occupation. From a governmentality ...
    • The impact of fisheries management on fishers' health and safety: A case study from Norway 

      Sønvisen, Signe Annie; Thorvaldsen, Trine; Holmen, Ingunn Marie (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-18)
      Since the late 1980s, Norwegian fishers have been subjected to a cohesive regulatory regime aimed at sustainable resource management. Despite high occupational injury rates and exposure to several factors that may influence health negatively, regulation of occupational health and safety (OHS) came late in fishing compared with other industries. Fisheries management and safety management are not ...
    • Introduction to the themed issue - Poststructural approaches to fisheries 

      Mather, Charles; Johnsen, Jahn Petter; Sønvisen, Signe Annie; Sridhar, Aarthi; Stephen, Johny (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-15)
      This themed issue of papers for Maritime Studies emerges out of a special session of the MARE 2015 conference held in Amsterdam. The aim of this Introduction is to provide a brief background to poststructural scholarship drawing on examples and cases from research on fisheries. We argue that a poststructural sensibility has made an important impact on scholars interested in fisheries issues even ...
    • Kysten i endring: Om fiskeripolitikken som distrikts- og lokalsamfunnspolitikk 

      Vik, Jostein; Johnsen, Jahn Petter; Sønvisen, Signe Annie (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2011)
      Norsk fiskeripolitikk har siden 1930-årene hatt et innslag av distriktspolitikk. Det har fra starten av vært et mål i fiskeripolitikken å skulle bidra til bosetting og sysselsetting i Kyst-Norge. Fra 1945 og fram til omkring 1990 var bosettings- og sysselsettingsmålet likestilt med andre mål i fiskeripolitikken. Etter ressursforvaltningens gjennombrudd i 1990 ble bærekraftig ressursutnyttelse ...
    • Motivation for learning statistics: An example from fishery and aquaculture science 

      Sønvisen, Signe Annie (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-15)
      Teaching statistics to generalist students oriented toward a profession, rather than academic merits, may be challenging. As statistics courses also tend to have a low student appeal, tailoring a course toward this type of audience is demanding. Framed within the theory of statistical thinking and literacy, this article shows how an investigative process, using domain data and real-life examples, ...
    • The Norwegian coastal employment system: What It Was and What It Is 

      Sønvisen, Signe Annie; Johnsen, Jahn Petter; Vik, Jostein (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Norwegian fisheries have undergone tremendous changes, due to technological developments and the introduction of resource management. In addition, societal changes and in particular the introduction of formal requirements and the formalization of training and education, have also greatly affected the fishing fleet. Jentoft and Wadel (1984) described the Coastal Employment System. This system was ...
    • Oceanic plastic pollution caused by Danish seine fishing in Norway 

      Syversen, Tore; Lilleng, Grethe; Vollstad, Jørgen; Bård, Hanssen; Sønvisen, Signe Annie (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-06)
      Wear and tear on fishing gear is a sparsely investigated source of microplastic pollution in the sea. In Norway, Danish seine ropes and trawls are the fishing gears that contribute most to this pollution. The main reason for this pollution is that the seine ropes are dragged along the seabed over a considerable distance, creating a friction force that results in high ropes wear. This note reports ...
    • Recruitment to the Norwegian fishing fleet: storylines, paradoxes, and pragmatism in Norwegian fisheries and recruitment policy 

      Sønvisen, Signe Annie (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      The majority of actors in the Norwegian fisheries consider recruitment of fishers to be the main future challenge for the Norwegian fishing fleet. As fleet recruitment is a highly politicized field, the problem of how to mitigate the recruitment problem is a subject of heavy debate. Some argue that recruitment problems are caused by low fleet profitability, while others argue that recruitment ...
    • Rekrutteringsutfordringer for marin sektor i framtida 

      Vik, Jostein; Johnsen, Jahn Petter; Sønvisen, Signe Annie (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2009)
    • Salmon farming in the North: How do we regulate growth? 

      Solås, Ann-Magnhild; Kvalvik, Ingrid; Robertsen, Roy; Young, Nathan; Thorarinsdottir, Ragnheidur Inga; Simonsen, Knud; Sønvisen, Signe Annie; Johnsen, Jahn Petter (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2021)
      Aquaculture has become a major part of global food production, and according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, it is now the fastest growing animal food-producing industry. In the North, further growth in salmon farming is expected. What mechanisms are in place to regulate this growth?