The paradoxes of transparency: science and the ecosystem approach to fisheries management in Europe

This book lays out the results of extensive sociological research on ICES the central scientific network within the massive set of bureaucracies that is responsible for Europe's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)

Table of contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Some general theoretical guides for understanding the role of science in society; 3. Developing scientific advice for policy; 4. The Science Assembly System for European fisheries management; 5. Attitudes and working conditions of ICES advisory scientists; 6. Science for the ecosystem approach to fisheries management; 7. The debate over the reorganisation of the ICES Advisory Programme; 8. Conclusion; References; Appendix 1: Methods and Procedures of the Random Sample Attitude Survey; Notes; Index