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dc.contributor.authorJentoft, Svein
dc.contributor.authorFinstad, Bjørn-Petter
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-03T07:25:28Z
dc.date.available2018-09-03T07:25:28Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-16
dc.description.abstractInstitutions, and the collective action that created them and which they enable, can play an important role in poverty eradication. In Norway, the Raw Fish Act passed in 1938 in the aftermath of the international financial crisis that hit the fishing industry hard, and the fishers’ cooperative sales-organizations that it authorized testify to this. Most of all, they helped to empower fishers in their economic transactions throughout the value chain. Since the RFA’s enactment, it has undergone reform that has somewhat changed the mandate of the sales-organizations, but the basic principles and functions remain. Although the historical context and institutional designs of the Raw Fish Act and the cooperative sales-organizations that it mandated, are unique, together they addressed a problem that small-scale fishers are experiencing in other parts of the world - one of poverty, marginalization and exploitation. The Raw Fish Act and the system of mandated, cooperative sales-organizations radically altered this predicament and turned the table in fishers’ favor. The question, therefore, is what lessons do the Norwegian example offer that might be emulated elsewhere?en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) UiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-018-0088-6> https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-018-0088-6</a>. Licensed <a href=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/> CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.</a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationJentoft, S. & Finstad, B.-P. (2018). Building fisheries institutions through collective action in Norway. Maritime Studies, 17(88). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-018-0088-6en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1586492
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s40152-018-0088-6
dc.identifier.issn1872-7859
dc.identifier.issn2212-9790
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/13628
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringerOpenen_US
dc.relation.journalMaritime Studies
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920en_US
dc.subjectSmall-scale fisheriesen_US
dc.subjectCollective actionen_US
dc.subjectEmpowermenten_US
dc.subjectNorwayen_US
dc.subjectRaw fish acten_US
dc.titleBuilding fisheries institutions through collective action in Norwayen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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