"Fish and folk" Fisheries policies´ influence on employment and settlement in fisheries dependent societies in The Faroese Islands, Iceland and Norway

The overall aim of this project is to facilitate research on the influence of fisheries policy on employment and settlement in fisheries dependent societies in Norway, Iceland and the Faroese Islands. By combining fisheries data and population data at the municipal level in Norway, we have shown tha...

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Main Authors: Iversen, Audun, Henriksen, Edgar, Viðarsson, Jonas, Þórðarson, Gunnar, Laksá, Unn, Laksafoss, Magni
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Nofima AS 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2646558
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Summary:The overall aim of this project is to facilitate research on the influence of fisheries policy on employment and settlement in fisheries dependent societies in Norway, Iceland and the Faroese Islands. By combining fisheries data and population data at the municipal level in Norway, we have shown that it is possible to study whether and how strongly the development in fisheries impacts relative population growth. We find that it is the general trends of urbanization and centralization, more than the development in the fisheries industry, that influence the development. The project has also identified data sets for Iceland and the Faroe Islands which makes it possible to carry out similar multivariate regression analyses. This will make it possible to compare results between countries. Det overordnede målet med dette prosjektet er å legge til rette for forskning på i hvilken grad fiskeripolitikk påvirker sysselsetting og bosetting i fiskeriavhengige samfunn i Norge, Island og Færøyene. Gjennom å kombinere fiskeridata og befolkningsdata på kommunenivå i Norge, har vi vist at det er mulig å studere om og hvor sterkt utviklingen i fiskeriene påvirker relativ folketallsutvikling. Vi finner at det er de generelle sentraliserings-trendene, mer enn utviklingen i fiskerinæringen, som påvirker utviklingen. Vi viser også at det finnes tilgjengelig tilsvarende datasett for Island og Færøyene som gjør at det også er mulig å gjennomføre tilsvarende analyser for å sammenligne resultater landene imellom. publishedVersion