Fisheries management information needs

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Fisheries management information needs
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What do we mean by information (in this
context)?

• Empirical knowledge experiential,
  observational, tacit (scientific) intuitive
  (non-scientific)
• Range of knowledge products designed for a wide
  user typology (DL policy briefs mentoring
  support, etc.)

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What do we mean by needs (in this context)?

• Needs rather than demand i.e. real needs
• Real needs
• require awareness building and articulation
  skills
• are derived through many-to-many participatory
  processes
• are dynamic, developing with effective
  management
• are often practical and operational

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What is fisheries management?

• The act of directing and controlling living
  aquatic resources exploitation according to
  agreed rules, in order to achieve sustainable and
  equitable outcomes. Features
• A multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral
  institution
• Monitoring performance (routine, tactical)
• Advising on policy and policy change
  (strategic)
• Commissioning research (plugging knowledge gaps,
  not academic)

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The knowledge required for effective fisheries
management should

• Respond to real needs
• Be practical and broad-based rather than academic
  and narrow focus
• Draw on existing knowledge base wherever possible
  (new research can fill gaps)
• Be derived through participatory / networked
  processes
• Be multi-functional day-to-day uses through to
  strategic and policy uses

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Why is this knowledge not already available?

• Political
• Weak, misdirected or supply-led research (esp.
  developing countries) or
• Research ignored, overridden or dismissed (e.g.
  European Union)
• Skewed towards natural sciences
• System too complex!!
• Communications and networking constraints
• Lack of willingness to share (knowledge power)
• Elucidation / accessibility poorly packaged
  knowledge products are ignored

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Improving knowledge delivery

• Communications systems commensurate with
  capabilities of users
• Internet-based ICT solutions are key to
  multi-tasking requirements despite access issues
• Generate knowledge messages from case study
  analysis of best practice
• Ensure knowledge products respond to demand (wide
  range dynamic).

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