• Fishing for Advice : the case of the Norwegian Reference Fleet 

      Bjørkan, Maiken (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2011-12-15)
      This dissertation is about the changing relationship between science and society and the attempt to organize knowledge production and advisory processes in new ways: How can the relations between science and society be organized in a way that ensures sound advice as well as democratic ideals such as transparency and inclusion? Is it possible to relax the boundary between science and society without ...
    • Trapped in the TAC Machine: Making a Fisheries-Based Indicator System for Coastal Cod in Steigen, Norway 

      Holm, Petter; Aglen, Asgeir; Bjørkan, Maiken; Andersen, Jan (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2020)
      The GAP project is concerned with the lack of stakeholder participation in providing knowledge for management. This creates a legitimacy problem as the fishermen do not get to share the knowledge basis for and justification of management decisions. In addition, fishermen’s experience-based knowledge remains unused. GAP intends to bridge the legitimacy and knowledge gaps, finding practical ways for ...