Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Fishing livelihoods and fisheries management in Northwest Iceland

本论文研究采用民族志的方法来分析个体的动机。参与小规模渔业。冰岛的大多数渔业都是在一个全国性的私有化计划下管理的，在那里获得捕鱼权是有限的，这些限制可能会对小规模捕鱼作业产生负面影响。这个项目的目的是更好地了解各种管理办法对小规模渔业文化方面的机会和限制。渔业私有化所依据的经济文献假定捕鱼的主要动机是利润最大化。然而，来自世界各地的研究表明，除了产生利润之外，参与渔业的动机范围广泛。本研究采用两阶段设计，采用半定向访谈和问卷调查收集定性和定量数据，对从事非私有化小型渔船渔业的个人与参与小型渔船私营渔业的个人进行了比较。结果将增加探索海洋资源私有化对个人影响的新知识。获取海洋资源的能力。这项研究还将通过更好地了解渔业动机的变化，探索政治和社会制度影响人类如何围绕资源组织的方式，为冰岛和国外的渔业管理带来新的视角。

This dissertation research employs an ethnographic method to analyze motivations for individuals? participation in small-scale fisheries. The majority of fisheries in Iceland are managed under a nationwide privatized program where access to the right to fish is limited, and these limitations can negatively impact small-scale fishing operations. This project aims to better understand the opportunities and constraints that varying management schemes have on the cultural dimensions of small-scale fisheries. The economic literature that fisheries privatization is based upon assumes the primary motivation for fishing to be profit maximization. However, research from around the world suggests that a wide range of motivations for engagement in fisheries exists outside profit generation. This research compares individuals engaged in non-privatized small-boat fisheries with those participating in the small-boat privatized fisheries in a two-phase design that uses methods of semi-directed interviewing and the deployment of a questionnaire to gather qualitative and quantitative data. Results will add to new knowledge exploring the effects that the privatization of marine resources has on individuals? abilities to access marine resources. This research will also bring a new perspective to fisheries management in Iceland and abroad by providing a better understanding of the variations of motivations in fisheries and exploring the ways political and social institutions affect how humans organize around resources.