@inbook{844df304f46b453db5fe49c5f0c45e12,
title = "To Define or Not to Define; Implications for the Governability of Small-Scale coastal Fisheries in the Netherlands",
abstract = "This chapter discusses the need to define the small-scale coastal fisheries sector in the Netherlands. It shows that the fact that there is no clear definition of what small-scale fisheries is, affects its governability. This seems to go hand in hand with the lack of a clear perspective on what the problems and opportunities of the small-scale fisheries sector are. This is partly because many small-scale m{\'e}tiers ({\textquoteleft}metiers{\textquoteright} is commonly used to describe a fishing activity, which can be characterized by a combination of the area that is fished, the gear that is used, and the species that is targeted (http://¿datacollection.¿jrc.¿ec.¿europa.¿eu/¿wordef/¿fishing-activity-metier)) are out of sight, as they are outside the bounds of data collected, or hidden in {\textquoteleft}default rest categories{\textquoteright} or because of lack of clear representation. We argue that the relative invisibility of the small-scale fishing sector in the Netherlands, its diversity, lack of representation, and the {\textquoteleft}preference{\textquoteright} for specialization of the governing system impacts on the governability of the small-scale fisheries in the Netherlands. In this chapter we apply the theory of interactive governance by describing the governing system and the system-to-be-governed as well as the governing interactions between them to analyze the challenges for small-scale fisheries in the Netherlands",
author = "{de Vos}, B.I. and M.L. Kraan",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-17034-3_32",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319170336",
series = "MARE Publications Series",
publisher = "Springer International Publishing Switzerland",
number = "13",
pages = "629--647",
editor = "S. Jentoft and R. Chuenpagdee",
booktitle = "Interactive Governance for Small-Scale Fisheries",
}