Putting people at the centre of marine governance across the UK and Ireland: 20 years of society and the sea

McKinley, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8250-2842, McElduff, Linda and Ritchie, Heather 2024. Putting people at the centre of marine governance across the UK and Ireland: 20 years of society and the sea. Ocean & Coastal Management 255 , 107235. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107235

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Abstract

Once considered a scientific, technocratic activity, marine governance has shifted from a top down, state directed process toward participatory and deliberative approaches. In parallel, there has been increasing acknowledgment of the need to consider the human dimensions of marine and coastal issues, and the role of citizens in delivering the sustainable management and protection of the marine environment. By doing so, a more complete understanding of the complex relationship between society and the sea may be achieved. Research has shown that marine practitioners recognise that higher levels of civic involvement and citizenship in the management of the marine environment would be beneficial. Despite this, questions are raised as to whether existing governing institutions, legal structures, and planning instruments enable this to readily happen in practice. This paper explores the extent to which existing marine governance instruments are positioned to engender a society of marine citizens to meaningfully engage with marine stewardship behaviours in the UK and Ireland. A multi-phased research approach critically analyses existing relevant legislation, legal and policy frameworks, focusing on themes associated with the human dimensions of marine governance, including marine stewardship. This evaluation highlights a limited inclusion of terms relating to marine stewardship nationally, but recognises the foundations are there a more strategic and cognisant recognition of human-ocean relationships within marine governance across a range of scales and contexts.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Additional Information:	This article has a Corrigendum: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107279
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0964-5691
Related URLs:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024...
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	1 July 2024
Date of Acceptance:	16 June 2024
Last Modified:	06 Aug 2024 14:08
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/170183

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