Gender and Blue Justice in small-scale fisheries governance

Marine Policy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 133 ◽  
pp. 104743
Author(s):  
Madeleine Gustavsson ◽  
Katia Frangoudes ◽  
Lars Lindström ◽  
María Catalina Ávarez ◽  
Maricela de la Torre Castro
Keyword(s):  
Small Scale ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
Small Scale Fisheries

scholarly journals Transnational Localism: Empowerment through Standard Setting in Small-Scale Fisheries

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerneja Penca
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
Small Scale Fisheries ◽  
Transnational Law ◽  
Marine Stewardship Council ◽  
Technical Rules

AbstractIn order to advance both the mapping and theorizing of transnational law, this article considers a range of tactics used by small-scale fisheries (SSFs) in Europe and North America to improve market access, political influence, and legal recognition. Transnational law enables the framing of initiatives not only as implementation practices that occur as a result of international law, but also as transnational regulation in support of SSFs. The article uses the case study of SSFs to draw attention to the rise of ‘transnational localism’. This is defined as the reinforcement of local-specific approaches (reflecting local ecologies, values, and socio-economic specificities) within a transnational structure that provides support and recognition. It offers an alternative to the view that globalization necessitates global, uniform regulatory solutions. Transnational localism challenges the fascination with large certification schemes such as that administered by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in fisheries governance. It implies a need to reconcile transnational challenges with heterogeneous values and community approaches. To capture the simultaneous demand for the local and transnational within transnational law, this article proposes treating the described empowerment tactics within the scope of transnational standards. This requires a rethinking of standards away from fixed technical rules that are uniformly applicable across the globe.

Strengthening participatory approaches to coastal fisheries governance in Papua New Guinea: the role of local-level government legislation

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Gina Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Local Level ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
Coastal Fisheries ◽  
Small Scale Fisheries ◽  
Government Legislation

Fisheries governance in Papua New Guinea is a significant factor to the nation’s sustainable development. In seeking to strengthen community-based and participatory approaches to fisheries management in the nation, this paper will highlight the significant role of local-level governments in re-envisioning coastal and small-scale fisheries governance and argues that such local-level legislative authorities provide an opportunity to progress the nation’s coastal fisheries governance.

scholarly journals Fishers’ responses to the Danish seiner ban and the history of fisheries governance on the Java north coast

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pujo Semedi ◽  
Katharina Schneider
Keyword(s):  
North Coast ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Government Interventions ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Small Scale Fisheries ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government

AbstractIn 2015, the Indonesian government announced that it would prohibit the operation of the so-called cantrang (Danish Seine). The stated purpose of the cantrang ban was to make marine fisheries more environmentally sustainable. In response, cantrang fishers along the north coast of Java staged mass protests, and after 3 years of negotiations and uncertainty, the government exempted the cantrang fleets on the Java north coast from the policy. This paper analyses fishers’ responses to the ban from a historical and ethnographic perspective. Specifically, it compares the cantrang ban to two earlier government interventions in the fisheries on the Java north coast, one in 1905, the second 1980/81. With each intervention, a new governance principle was introduced to small-scale fisheries, established elites transferred their capital elsewhere, and new elites emerged who supported the new principle locally. Since 2015, however, only very few members of the established elites have exited the cantrang fishery, and no members of a new local elite have emerged yet who would support sustainability as a governance principle for fisheries. The paper aims to clarify why this was the case. More generally, it suggests that understanding the history of fisheries governance on the Java north coast requires attention to the role of local elites, and therefore to social differentiations among fishers.

Common Ground, Uncommon Vision: The Importance of Cooperation for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance

2015 ◽  
pp. 477-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Salas ◽  
Julia Fraga ◽  
Jorge Euan ◽  
Ratana Chuenpagdee
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
Small Scale Fisheries
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