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

本论文采用民族志的方法来分析个人的动机？参与小规模渔业。冰岛的大部分渔业都是在全国范围内的私有化计划下管理的，获得捕鱼权的机会有限，这些限制可能会对小规模捕鱼作业产生负面影响。该项目旨在更好地了解不同管理计划对小规模渔业文化层面的机会和制约因素。渔业私有化所依据的经济文献假定，捕捞的主要动机是利润最大化。然而，来自世界各地的研究表明，从事渔业的动机广泛存在于赚取利润之外。本研究比较了个人从事非私有化的小船渔业与那些参与的小船私有化渔业在两个阶段的设计，使用半定向访谈和问卷调查的部署，以收集定性和定量数据的方法。结果将增加新的知识，探讨海洋资源私有化对个人的影响？获取海洋资源的能力。这项研究还将为冰岛和国外的渔业管理带来新的视角，更好地了解渔业动机的变化，并探索政治和社会机构如何影响人类围绕资源组织的方式。

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.