From local systems to professional networks - the transformation of employment and recruitment mechanisms in the Norwegian fishing fleet

Sufficient supply of human capital is a fundamental basis for all economic activity. While the sectoral policies for fisheries in North Atlantic States focus heavily on economic output, there is less emphasis on strategies for securing necessary input, like competent and trained labour. Based on surveys and qualitative interviews changes in contemporary fisheries employment and knowledge systems, we explore how fisheries employment systems have changed parallel to development of resource management policy and fishing fleet structural policy. Finally, we discuss consequences of changes for Norwegian fisheries communities and political implications of the changes and consequences.