Risk identification and perception in the fisheries sector: Comparisons between the Faroes,Greece, Iceland and UK |
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| Authors: | Diana Tingley Jóhann Ásmundsson Edward Borodzicz Alexis Conides Ben Drakeford Ingi Rúnar Eðvarðsson Dennis Holm Kostas Kapiris Sakari Kuikka Bogi Mortensen |
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| Institution: | 1. GoBe Consultants Ltd., 54 Liss Road, Southsea, Hampshire PO4 8AS, UK;2. University of Akureyri, Solborg / Nordurslod, 600 Akureyri, Iceland;3. Strategy and Business Systems, Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth, Richmond Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3DE, UK;4. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Ag. Kosmas, Hellinikon 16777, Athens, Grecce;5. Faroese Centre for Local & Regional Development, Justabrekka 1, P.O. Box 159 700, Klaksvik;6. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, P.O. Box 65, Viikinkaari 1, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents the findings of risk identification and risk perception research conducted in relation to the fisheries systems of four distinct and diverse European countries: Faroes, Iceland, Greece and the UK. Risk research traditionally attempts to quantify the potential threat or consequences from a range of risk events or hazards. This research, however, adopted a social sciences perspective and so assumed that a risk event or hazard can mean different things to different people and that these perceptions are also context and culturally dependent. Risk perceptions were examined and risk registers developed in each country for a range of stakeholder groups. A ‘mental modelling’ approach was adopted in a series of qualitative interviews. Findings were examined in terms of a wide range of psychological, social and cultural risk theories. Differences in risk perceptions were noted between stakeholder groups and countries and contextual influences were examined such as the widely differing fisheries management systems used in each country. This research provides one of the first attempts to systematically evaluate risks and perceptions across a range of fisheries-systems. The findings support social science theories which argue that risk is a subjective, as opposed to objective, concept and that this subjectivity will therefore affect our attempts to assess and manage those hazards we think we can potentially influence or control. |
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| Keywords: | Risk perception Risk identification Fisheries Mental modelling Clustering analysis |
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