Essential social, cultural and legal perspectives on cormorant-fisheries conflicts. INTERCAFE COST Action 635 Final Report IV

European Cooperation in Science and Technology COST Action 635 INTERCAFE - "Conserving biodiversity: interdisciplinary initiative to reduce pan-European Cormorant-fishery conflicts. Final Report IV. This report includes: (1) introduction, (2) from science to interdisciplinary collaboration, (3) wildlife management plans: concepts and diversity, (4) the incorporation of scientific contributions and other stakeholders' views into management plans, (5)framing the arguments, (6) legal institutions and instruments in EU law, (7) some thoughts on science, law and policy, (8)media representations of cormorants, (9) case studies, including synthesis, (10) further reading on key contextual themes, (11) INTERCAFE's approach to building an effective multi-national conflict management process for complex human:wildlife interactions.