Volume 62, December 2015, Pages 37–50
Notions of justice held by stakeholders of the Newfoundland fishery
Highlights
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- This study is concerned with justice in the Newfoundland fishery.
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- Qualitative interviews are used to study stakeholder notions of justice.
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- The results are structured according to key conceptual elements of justice.
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- Recognition, participation and distribution are important in this context.
Abstract
Justice
is an important and contested issue in the governance of fish stocks
threatened by overexploitation. This study identifies the notions of
justice held by stakeholders of the fishery in Newfoundland, Canada,
using qualitative interviews, and interprets these notions in light of
established justice theories. The interviews are analysed using
inductive and deductive coding. A central result is that inshore fishers
are seen as the main claim holders, with a claim to participate and be
listened to, and the opportunity to make a living from the fishery.
Moreover, rules play an important role in the justice notions of the
interview partners, and their justice notions are clearly plural. The
stakeholder notions of justice in the Newfoundland fishery resonate with
the emphasis on recognition, participation and distribution as
important aspects of justice within the environmental justice approach
[59-61] (Schlosberg 2004, 2007, 2013).
Keywords
- Justice;
- Conceptual structure;
- Environmental justice;
- Newfoundland fishery;
- Qualitative semi-structured interviews;
- Deductive/inductive coding;
- Empirical justice research
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