The Norwegian system and the distribution of claims to redfeed

• Main Author: Tiller, Rachel Gjelsvik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Norway; Calanus finmarchicus; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308-597X(08)00023-7

Identifying competing interests and potential claims to a new marine resource, the plankton redfeed, which may be central as a solution to diminishing supplies of marine oils world wide, is critical prior to a commercial harvest thereof. The competing interests are found to be between those Norwegian fisheries organization taking an encompassing view of fisheries interests and those wanting more focus on the well-being of the coastal fishermen. Working within a corporatist setting, it is found, that interest organizations in Norway are included comprehensively by the national government in the decision-making process, but that the main group having the most power is Norges Fiskarlag, which will draw the quota distribution of a future redfeed harvest off shore and away from the coastal fishermen. Fisheries management Northeast Atlantic Corporatism Redfeed Calanus finmarchicus