A Healthy Metaphor? The North Sea Consultation and the Power of Words

The North Sea Consultation was set up to resolve conflicting claims for space in the North Sea. In 2020, this consultation process resulted in the North Sea Agreement, which was supported by the Dutch Parliament and cabinet as a long-term policy; however, the fishing sector felt excluded, left the c...

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Autores principales:	Haye Geukes, Udo Pesch, Aad Correljé, Behnam Taebi
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	North Sea agreement North Sea consultation metaphors ecological health fishery offshore wind energy Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/c9d9c1f5d43f491b9fe1b8f951693170
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c9d9c1f5d43f491b9fe1b8f9516931702021-11-25T19:05:24ZA Healthy Metaphor? The North Sea Consultation and the Power of Words10.3390/su1322129052071-1050https://doaj.org/article/c9d9c1f5d43f491b9fe1b8f9516931702021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/22/12905https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050The North Sea Consultation was set up to resolve conflicting claims for space in the North Sea. In 2020, this consultation process resulted in the North Sea Agreement, which was supported by the Dutch Parliament and cabinet as a long-term policy; however, the fishing sector felt excluded, left the consultation process, and does not support the agreement. Using semi-constructed interviews and the method of wide reflective equilibrium, this research found that in this conflict the metaphor of ‘health’ has played a decisive role. While all stakeholders want to keep the sea ‘healthy’, they disagree on what a healthy sea actually means, leading to contrastive positions on the desirability of trawler fishing, wind parks, and conservation areas—the North Sea Agreement’s main foci of interest. To prevent the unproductive escalation of such a conflict, it is inevitable to acknowledge the moral connotations of such metaphors, as this allows a decision-making process that can be considered more just.Haye GeukesUdo PeschAad CorreljéBehnam TaebiMDPI AGarticleNorth Sea agreementNorth Sea consultationmetaphorsecological healthfisheryoffshore wind energyEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12905, p 12905 (2021)
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description	The North Sea Consultation was set up to resolve conflicting claims for space in the North Sea. In 2020, this consultation process resulted in the North Sea Agreement, which was supported by the Dutch Parliament and cabinet as a long-term policy; however, the fishing sector felt excluded, left the consultation process, and does not support the agreement. Using semi-constructed interviews and the method of wide reflective equilibrium, this research found that in this conflict the metaphor of ‘health’ has played a decisive role. While all stakeholders want to keep the sea ‘healthy’, they disagree on what a healthy sea actually means, leading to contrastive positions on the desirability of trawler fishing, wind parks, and conservation areas—the North Sea Agreement’s main foci of interest. To prevent the unproductive escalation of such a conflict, it is inevitable to acknowledge the moral connotations of such metaphors, as this allows a decision-making process that can be considered more just.
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A Healthy Metaphor? The North Sea Consultation and the Power of Words

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