From RACs to advisory councils

J Hatchard, Tim S Gray

OAI: oai:purehost.bath.ac.uk:publications/dcb19967-a8b4-434b-a473-44293eb746ac • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.02.015

From RACs to Advisory Councils analyses the discourse of stakeholders engaged in Europe׳s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in a tier of governance known as RACs (Regional Advisory Councils) from 2004 to 2008. The analysis demonstrates a shift towards discursive sharing by participating stakeholders. This fostered inclusion but did not effect a redistribution of the power held by Europe׳s inter-governmental institutions. This more substantive change would require more, and more consistent, discursive consensus from stakeholders. With a reformed CFP for 2014, this paper considers the possibility of a future in which regional stakeholder-based fisheries governance becomes a reality.

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