SUMMARY
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.(sociology) Boston University 1981, cand.polit. University of Bergen
1973.
2004
(with Odd Terje Sandlund (main author), Bjørn Egil Flø, Tor F. Næsje, Randi Saksgård, and Ola Ugedal)
“Whitefish Fisheries in Mountainous Southeastern Norway: Abundant Resources, but Scarce Fishermen”,
Mountain Research and Development, Vol 24, No 1:67-74 (Feb 2004)
Keywords: Fishery; whitefish; Coregonus lavaretus; smallscale industry; niche market; labor shortage; Norway.
Abstract: Commercial utilization of inland fish resources can constitute an important addition to other economic
activities in rural communities. Based on a case study of commercial whitefish fishery in Lake Femund,
a mountain lake in southeastern Norway, this article outlines experience gained and indicates some of the
general problems related to this type of economic activity. They concern aspects such as resource biology,
product development and marketing, economic management, and staff recruitment. An initial hypothesis of the
study was that commercial fishery would have a significant impact on the whitefish stock, causing
fluctuations in yield and consequent variations in the economy of the fishery. Therefore, the study
included an analysis of marketing possibilities for whitefish products, as well as of the social and
socioeconomic conditions sustaining whitefish fishery in the local community. Nearly 20 years of data
show that commercial fishery in Lake Femund, with a yield of up to 1 kg per ha, has a low to moderate
exploitation rate. Thus, fishery itself does not generate fluctuations in the fish population that would
influence yields. The major restrictions on the enterprise are related to other aspects, such as problems
of economic and technical management of this specialized small-scale industry, difficulties in the
recruitment of fishermen to a short-season fishery in a time when the employment pattern in the community
is changing from seasonal activities in agriculture to full-time employment in manufacturing and services,
and the challenge of developing and marketing competitive products for a niche market.
2002
(with Amy R. Poteete) “Management of Non-Arable Rural Land, Including Forests, Grasslands, and Shrub-lands”,
paper for EOLSS (Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems),
Sub-theme 1.5.4 Land Use Management, Editor for theme 1.5 prof. Willy H. Verheye, University of Gent
1998
"Law
and the Governance of Renewable Resources" (editor with Nils Chr.
Stenseth),
Oakland, ICS Press, ISBN 1-55815-504-X
Key words: law, resource management, pastoralism, fishing, institutions
Abstract: In 20 papers theoretical and empirical aspects of the legal regulation of
resource management among the reindeer herding Sámi in northern Fenno-Scandia,
and the fishermen of the Barents sea are discussed. Comparative observations
on herding in Mali and fishing in Namibia is included.
1998
(co-author: Aud Mikkelsen Tretvik)
"History and management institutions for forests and pastures of northern
Fenno-Scandia with an emphasis on Norway."
Abstract:
The paper presents some observations on the historical development of legal
institutions for forest management in the Norwegian part of northern Fenno-Scandia,
discussing the motivations shaping them and outlining the principles currently
embedded in them. The emphasis is on forest commons and Norway. Some comparisons
to Swedish institutions and other resource usage systems than forest commons
are presented. The goals of the lawmaker is seen as equity in access, economic
performance of the industries, and protection of the resource productivity.
To implement these goals three design principles are used :
1) power sharing between state and appropriators,
2) resource specific regulations of technology and quantity harvested,
3) variable geographical boundaries for access and enjoyment of benefits.
Key words:
forests, commons, legal goals, design principles, management institutions,
Norway, Sweden
1996
"Forest Commons in Norway and Sweden: concepts for a precise description of
the legal institutions:",
pp. 79-100 in Haarstad, Kjell and Aud Mikkelsen Tretvik (eds.) "Bønder,
Jord, Rettar" Nr 16 i Skriftserie, Department of History, Norwegian University
of Science and Technology
Key words:
rights of common, forestry institutions
1994
"Democracy and Human Rights: Conditions for Sustainable Resource Utilization",
pp. 187-193 in Johnston, Barbara R. (ed.) "Who
Pays the Price? Examining the Sociocultural Context of Environmental Crisis",
Covelo, California, Island Press,
Abstract:
The paper argues that environmental and social sustainability at the local
level hinges upon resource management systems that are democratic decisionmaking
systems.
Key words:
human rights, democracy, sustainability, resource management
1990
"Land Use Control: Institutional and Cultural Implications",
pp. 141-155 in Hamm, Bernd, and Bohdan Jalowiecki (eds.) "The Social Nature
of Space",
Warszawa, Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe,
1989
"On the study of households: some methodological considerations on the use
of household data.",
International Sociology, Vol.4, No.2, pp.115-130,
1989
"Factorial ecology and societal development",
pp.149-166 in Vir, Dharam, and B.P.Sharma(eds.) "Socio-Cultural Development:
A Global Perspective.",
New Dehli, Classical Publishing Company,
1988
"Some comments on C Hamnett's reading of the data on socio-tenurial polarisation
in South East England."
Environment and Planning A, Vol. 20, pp. 973-977.