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Social Assessment from Pines to Perch: Comparative Observations of Fisheries and Forestry
Author(s) -
Gale Richard P.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1987)116<486:safptp>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - marine fisheries , agency (philosophy) , fisheries management , natural resource management , environmental resource management , forest management , resource management (computing) , business , fishery , forestry , environmental planning , natural resource , fishing , geography , political science , sociology , economics , computer network , social science , computer science , law , biology
This paper examines the future of social assessment in fisheries management. Analysis of U.S. Forest Service experience with social assessment over the past decade reveals the limitations of the use of social assessment which have occurred because of budgetary limitations, lack of agency expertise, and difficulties in incorporating social assessment into natural resource planning. Observations of federal forestry and marine fisheries agencies, particularly in northwestern states, suggest that the prognosis for acceptance of social assessment is better for marine fisheries management than for federal forest management. The social and organizational variables most likely to affect fisheries management, when such management is subjected to social assessment, are explored.