Why and how to engage regional stakeholders in fisheries development. Catalogue of Lessons

Abstract

This report or “Catalogue of lessons" is an outcome of the FORMAS financed project Fishing for solutions: from research to practical experiments for setting common goals for rural coastal development in Sweden (FORMAS 2019-00202). The project was financed by the call From research to practice – methods and tools, FR-2019/0004.

This “Catalogue of Lessons” discusses experiences, methods and procedures of participatory bottomup activities in coastal communities, where local fishing is of relevance. We hope that this catalogue will inspire and engage actors and stakeholders at different policy levels, working with fisheries and coastal development. The report is meant to be useful for a broad group of readers and can either be read from cover to cover or you choose the parts that interest you most. The first chapter gives an introduction to the project. The second chapter is a short review of research on communities, bottomup initiatives and fisheries management. The third chapter presents and discusses the activities and results from the project. Chapter four summarizes the findings and discusses the implementation of the activities, discrepancy between engagement and knowledge/resources and the question who is responsible for regional coastal development. The chapter is closed with some brief thoughts on future research.