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E urope's Coastal Fisheries: Instability and the Impacts of Fisheries Policy
Author(s) -
Symes David,
Phillipson Jeremy,
Salmi Pekka
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sociologia ruralis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.005
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-9523
pISSN - 0038-0199
DOI - 10.1111/soru.12096
Subject(s) - livelihood , vulnerability (computing) , fishing , sustainability , adaptation (eye) , psychological resilience , fishery , resilience (materials science) , politics , political instability , political science , sociology , environmental resource management , geography , economics , ecology , agriculture , biology , psychology , physics , computer security , archaeology , computer science , law , psychotherapist , thermodynamics , neuroscience
This article discusses the precarious situation of E urope's coastal fisheries in an increasingly complex world where environmental, economic, political and social instabilities – either separately or interactively – threaten their future sustainability. It draws particular attention to key lessons from resilience thinking and the role that social sciences can play in developing a deeper understanding of the nature of change and the processes shaping the vulnerability, resilience and adaptation of fishing communities and livelihoods, as well as the dangers implicit in certain aspects of fisheries policy. The article concludes by introducing the articles in this special issue of S ociologia R uralis on ‘ R esilience and A daptation of F ishing C ommunities’.