Cross-scale Adaptation Challenges in the Coastal Fisheries: Findings from Lebesby, Northern Norway

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: West, Jennifer J., Hovelsrud, Grete K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: coastal fisheries; northern Norway; Barents Sea; vulnerability; adaptive capacity; climate change; local perceptions; coastal communities; adaptation arenas; scale; pêches côtières; nord de la Norvège; mer de Barents; vulnérabilité; capacité d'adaptation; changement climatique; perceptions locales; collectivités côtières; sphères d'adaptation; échelle; Arctic; Lebesby; Norway; Climate change; Finnmark; Mer de Barents; Nord de la Norvège; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64551

Cross-scale adaptation challenges in the coastal fisheries in Lebesby municipality, Finnmark County, northern Norway are examined on the basis of fieldwork conducted there. Although fishery actors in Lebesby are aware of, experience, and describe a number of connections between climate variability a...