21/09/2011 1 What do you mean recruitment? The Recruitment Paradox Signe A. Sønvisen PhD Candidate Norwegian College of Fishery Science “Networks or Markets – Recruitment to the Norwegian Fishing Fleet”
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What do you mean recruitment?
The Recruitment Paradox
Signe A. SønvisenPhD Candidate
Norwegian College of Fishery Science“Networks or Markets – Recruitment to the Norwegian
Fishing Fleet”
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Methods
• Discourse analysis• Central fisheries policy documents• Interviews• Telephone survey (N=1000)• Context
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Recruitment problem in the Norwegian fishing fleet?
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Technology
Fleet profit
Resources
Rights/quotasEfficiency
Fisheries politics
Regional politics
Capacity reduction pol.
Restructuring
Recruitment
Culture Employment
Settlement
Recruitment
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Yes
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The [Industry Committee] is worried about recruitment to the fishing fleet and … that the average age of the active fisher is high (Innst. S. nr. 238 (2006-2007))
.…the fleet will in a short time lack about 2000 qualified fishers/seamen, particularly specialized personnel like engineers and navigators. (NFA in FiskarenJan. 2007)
It is difficult to recruit, very difficult. There is no youth around… (vessel owner Finnmark 2010)
Recruitment problems here, yes! Working on small vessels is hard and it is difficult to combine family and social life (Danish seine fisher Lofoten 2011)
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The coastal fleet here has a recruitment problem. The average age and the entry price is too high. You have to be on the ball to get people. (Flakstad Municipality 2011)
The Fishers are too few and to old(Minister of Fisheries 2010)
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No
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No graying of the offshore fleet (Fiskebåt 2005)
…there is no need for any large-scale recruitment initiatives at the moment …(MoF 2008:51).
Fills the boat with young recruits (FiskeribladetFiskaren2010)
No one has complained to us (NFA 2011)
The fishing profession attracts more youth (BT 2011)
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No problem, the fleet here recruit locally, have stable crews… (Råfiskelaget 2011)
No, we have always fished well and recruit locally. Not a general problem of getting people, but getting good ones (coastal fisher Lofoten 2011)
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0 %
10 %
20 %
30 %
40 %
50 %
60 %
70 %
80 %
90 %
100 %
Uenig Verken eller Enig
2007, N = 219
No Neutral Yes
Have you had problems recruiting crew to your boat?
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The Recruitment Paradox
• Too few fishers• Too old• Too few recruits
• Too many• Reduce capacity• Restructuring
Too few versus too many
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Industry Problems:
-too many
-too little profit
-still an argument
Societal Problems:
-after years of capacity reducing policies too few fishers and declining coastal populations
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Too few
NorthCoastal fleetVessel ownersCoastal communities
Societal RecruitmentToo many
SouthOffshore fleetSpecialized crewRunning a business
Industry Recruitment
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Is there a recruitment problem?...well it depends….
One size does NOT fit all!
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Thank you!
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