Research on the sustainability of capture fisheries has focused more on environmental and economic
sustainability than on social sustainability. To assess social sustainability, first relevant and important
social sustainability issues need to be identified. The objective of this study was to identify relevant social
sustainability issues for cod and haddock fisheries in the northeast Atlantic and to determine the
importance of these issues based on stakeholder input. A heterogeneous group of stakeholders was
invited to take part in two consecutive surveys on social sustainability issues. The first survey (n ¼ 41)
resulted in a long list of 27 relevant social sustainability issues, including six issues that were not
identified in previous studies and that address aspects of fish welfare, employees' training and education
opportunities, and employees' time off from work. The second survey (n ¼ 51) resulted in a ranking of the
social sustainability issues in order of importance. The most important issues are worker safety, product
freshness and companies' salary levels. In general, social sustainability issues concerning working conditions,
employees' job fulfilment and fish welfare are seen as more important than other social sustainability
issues. A main discussion point concerns the relation between the importance of a social
sustainability issue on the one hand and the type of need that the issue relates to and the state of the
issue on the other hand. From the study it can be concluded that the relative importance of social
sustainability issues differs per stakeholder group depending on the relation between the stakeholder
group and each particular issue. This demonstrates the importance of consulting different stakeholder
groups in future studies on social sustainability in order to get a balanced view on the importance of
social sustainability issues. Results on the relevance and importance of social sustainability issues for cod
and haddock fisheries in the northeast Atlantic enable the fishing industry and policy-makers to direct
improvement efforts towards the more important issues
Research on the sustainability of capture fisheries has focused more on environmental and economicsustainability than on social sustainability. To assess social sustainability, first relevant and importantsocial sustainability issues need to be identified. The objective of this study was to identify relevant socialsustainability issues for cod and haddock fisheries in the northeast Atlantic and to determine theimportance of these issues based on stakeholder input. A heterogeneous group of stakeholders wasinvited to take part in two consecutive surveys on social sustainability issues. The first survey (n ¼ 41)resulted in a long list of 27 relevant social sustainability issues, including six issues that were notidentified in previous studies and that address aspects of fish welfare, employees' training and educationopportunities, and employees' time off from work. The second survey (n ¼ 51) resulted in a ranking of thesocial sustainability issues in order of importance. The most important issues are worker safety, productfreshness and companies' salary levels. In general, social sustainability issues concerning working conditions,employees' job fulfilment and fish welfare are seen as more important than other social sustainabilityissues. A main discussion point concerns the relation between the importance of a socialsustainability issue on the one hand and the type of need that the issue relates to and the state of theissue on the other hand. From the study it can be concluded that the relative importance of socialsustainability issues differs per stakeholder group depending on the relation between the stakeholdergroup and each particular issue. This demonstrates the importance of consulting different stakeholdergroups in future studies on social sustainability in order to get a balanced view on the importance ofsocial sustainability issues. Results on the relevance and importance of social sustainability issues for codand haddock fisheries in the northeast Atlantic enable the fishing industry and policy-makers to directimprovement efforts towards the more important issues
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