Fisheries certification in the developing world: Locks and keys or square pegs in round holes?

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is the frontrunner in fisheries certification, receiving both extensive support and strong criticisms. The increasing uptake by fisheries and markets (almost 10% of world fisheries tonnage engaged by the end of 2014) has been followed by a widening pool of stakeholders interacting with the MSC. However, the applicability of the MSC approach for fisheries in the developing world (DW) remains doubtful, reinforced by a worldwide uptake skewed towards developed world fisheries. Here, a group of MSC stakeholders, with the aid of an ad-hoc questionnaire survey, reviews constraints to MSC certification in DW fisheries, evaluates solutions put forward by the MSC, and recommends actions to improve MSC uptake by DW fisheries. Recommendations to the MSC include researching and benchmarking suitable data-limited assessment methods, systematizing and making readily available the experiences of certified fisheries worldwide and constructing specific fisheries capacity-building for regional leaders. The MSC can further review the certification cost, especially for small-scale fisheries and, in partnership with other institutions, mobilize a fund to support specific DW fishery types. This fund could also support the development of market opportunities and infrastructures likely to satisfy local conditions and needs. For wider market intervention, the MSC should consider embarking on some form of vertical differentiation. Finally, for fisheries that may never move towards certification, the group identifies tools and experiences available at MSC that can improve environmental performance and governance bearing.

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

Transnational Environmental Law ◽

10.1017/s2047102518000328 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 143-165 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

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.

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Small-scale fisheries management: frameworks and approaches for the developing world

10.1079/9781845936075.0000 ◽

2011 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Keyword(s):

Fisheries Management ◽

Developing World ◽

Small Scale ◽

Small Scale Fisheries

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Benchmarking data of the Fair Trade USA Capture Fisheries Standard and the Marine Stewardship Council Fisheries Standard against the Food and Agricultural Organization's Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries

Data in Brief ◽

10.1016/j.dib.2019.103850 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

pp. 103850

Author(s):

Meghan E. Borland ◽

Megan Bailey

Keyword(s):

Fair Trade ◽

Small Scale ◽

Small Scale Fisheries ◽

Marine Stewardship Council ◽

Voluntary Guidelines

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Under-reported and undervalued: small-scale fisheries in the developing world.

Small-scale fisheries management: frameworks and approaches for the developing world ◽

10.1079/9781845936075.0001 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

D. J. Mills ◽

L. Westlund ◽

G. de Graaf ◽

Y. Kura ◽

R. Willman ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Developing World ◽

Small Scale ◽

Small Scale Fisheries

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The Mobilization of Small Scale Fisheries Community with Knowledge Management for Conservation and Restoration of the Marine and Coastal Resources in the Gulf of Thailand, Songkhla Province

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3546282 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Sayan Thongsri ◽

Wannee Niamhom ◽

Sunti Srisuantaeng

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Small Scale ◽

Gulf Of Thailand ◽

Coastal Resources ◽

Small Scale Fisheries ◽

The Gulf Of Thailand

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Dysbaric osteonecrosis associated with decompression sickness in a fishing diver

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine ◽

10.22462/04.06.2019.17 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 217-220

Author(s):

Eduardo Briceño-Souza ◽

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Nina Méndez-Domínguez ◽

Ricardo j Cárdenas-Dajda ◽

Walter Chin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Femoral Head ◽

Decompression Sickness ◽

Small Scale ◽

Prior History ◽

Radiological Findings ◽

Small Scale Fisheries ◽

Left Limb ◽

History Of ◽

Decompression Stress ◽

Probable Diagnosis

Diving as a method of fishing is used worldwide in small-scale fisheries. However, one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality among fishermen is decompression sickness (DCS). We report the case of a 46-year-old male fisherman diver who presented with chronic inguinal pain that radiated to the lower left limb. Living and working in a fishing port in Yucatan, he had a prior history of DCS. A diagnosis of avascular necrosis in the left femoral head secondary to DCS was made via analysis of clinical and radiological findings. The necrosis was surgically resolved by a total hip arthroplasty. Dysbaric osteonecrosis is a more probable diagnosis. In this region fishermen undergo significant decompression stress in their daily fishing efforts. Further studies regarding prevalence of dysbaric osteonecrosis among small-scale fisheries divers are needed. In a community where DCS is endemic and has become an epidemic, as of late, the perception of this health risk remains low. Furthermore, training and decompression technique are lacking among the fishing communities.

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Fisheries Sustainability through Soft Multi-Use Maritime Spatial Planning and Local Development Co-Management: Potentials and Challenges in Greece

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12052026 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 2026 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Stella Sofia I. Kyvelou ◽

Dimitrios G. Ierapetritis

Keyword(s):

Spatial Planning ◽

Local Development ◽

Small Scale ◽

Artisanal Fisheries ◽

Sustainable Livelihood ◽

Small Scale Fisheries ◽

Island Communities ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Family Based ◽

Maritime Spatial Planning

Small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean represent a significant part of the fisheries industry and their substantial social, economic and place attachment related role has always been acknowledged in the region. Despite the fact that this usually family-based endeavor has a vast economic impact on coastal and island communities of the sea-basin, data and insights on the Mediterranean artisanal fisheries continue to be inadequately developed and poorly integrated in the local development strategies. Thus, the aim of this research is two-fold. Firstly, it presents some data and facts on the fisheries sector in the region and secondly it explores the options of their survival, prosperity and sustainability, approaching the combination of fisheries and tourism as a small-scale and soft “multi-use” in the marine space. Greece, with a huge potential in both the fisheries and the tourism sector, was used as focus area where a co-development process was designed aiming to identify advantages/potentials and challenges/disadvantages of the co-existence of artisanal fisheries and tourism, as perceived by a series of stakeholders including the co-management schemes (Fisheries Local Action Groups, FLAGs) in the country. Key conclusion is that sustainable livelihood from small-scale fisheries depends on the correlation between fisheries and other marine activities. Despite some limitations, this can boost sustainable local development and be a unique pattern of a “win-win” and soft multi-use marine spatial planning (MSP), with economic, environmental, social, cultural and governance related benefits for the coastal communities.

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