Engaging recreational fishers in fisheries' stewardship: A case of responsibilisation in natural resource management

Kieran Gregory; Deanna Grant-Smith

doi:10.1080/09640568.2022.2034604

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Engaging recreational fishers in fisheries' stewardship: A case of responsibilisation in natural resource management

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Engaging recreational fishers in fisheries' stewardship: A case of responsibilisation in natural resource management

Kieran Gregory and Deanna Grant-Smith

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol.66(7), pp.1563-1578

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2022.2034604

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Abstract

Natural resource management

Environment policy

Rights to environmental and natural resources (excl. water allocation)

anglers

aquatic stewardship

habitat rehabilitation

recreational fishers

responsibilisation

natural resources management

habitat management

fisheries management

Neoliberal thought has exerted significant influence over the crafting and delivery of environmental policy. This has manifested in enlisting non-state actors to advance environmental policy agendas in ways that were previously the responsibility of the state. The participation of these non-state actors is positioned as integral to solving intractable environmental challenges, such as the degradation of fish habitat. Drawing on responsibilisation as a technique of governance, this research explores adopts a case-based study of fisheries rehabilitation policy to explore how recreationists are being mobilised to address environmental problems. Deploying interpretive policy analysis to analyse key policy artefacts this research highlights how fishers as recreational users of aquatic areas are constituted as moral, political and authoritative actors who bear responsibility for ameliorating degraded fish habitats, despite the impacts of recreational fishing on these habitats being contested. We conclude by identifying the implications of this responsibilisation for the implementation of co-management and shared stewardship of fisheries resources.

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Title: Engaging recreational fishers in fisheries' stewardship: A case of responsibilisation in natural resource management
Authors: Kieran Gregory (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Deanna Grant-Smith (Corresponding Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol.66(7), pp.1563-1578
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2022.2034604
ISSN: 1360-0559; 0964-0568
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991014997902621
Output Type: Journal article

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