scholarly journals Reconstructing Governability: How Fisheries Are Made Governable

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Song
Keyword(s):  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
General Systems Theory ◽  
Relational Approach ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
General Systems ◽  
Analytical Development ◽  
Conceptual Foundations

Governability is an important concept in the political and environmental social sciences with increasing application to social-ecological systems such as fisheries. Indeed, governability analyses of fisheries and related systems such as marine protected areas have generated innovative ways to implement sustainability ideals. Yet, despite progress made, we argue that there remain limitations in current conceptions of governability that hinder further analytical development and use. By drawing on general systems theory – specifically cybernetics, control, and feedback – we interrogate the conceptual foundations that underpin two key limitations: the need to incorporate the numerous variables that comprise a complex, holistic system into a singular assessment of governability; and the a priori separation of the governor and the governed that precludes analysis of a self-governing situation. We argue that by highlighting the reciprocal nature of a governor-governed relationship and the co-produced understanding of governing capacity and objects, a relational approach to governability is possible. This offers a clearer and more pragmatic understanding of how governors and fishers can make fisheries governable.

scholarly journals Prawns, justice, and relationships of care in Stilbaai, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieke Norton
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Access Point ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Anthropological Perspective ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
The Everyday

Abstract This story is concerned with the intersection of governance, stewardship, care taking, and extraction. It is centred on insights gained through repeated encounters with bait prawns during 7 years of fieldwork in Stilbaai, South Africa. These prawns are intended as angling bait, but they are entangled in a host of complications—or relations—the discovery of which eventually led me see them differently than before. More recently, I have looked into the role of marine protected areas in the everyday lives of residents, researching conservation management in Stilbaai in connection with the Southern Cape Interdisciplinary Fisheries Research project. In that work, I use the idea of relationality, as understood from an anthropological perspective, to speak about what long-term stewardship needs to take into account. Understanding more about the mudprawn and where it lives in the ecosystem, how people extract it, what it is used for, and how it is thought of has provided an access point for me into thinking about coastal social–ecological systems and how to communicate their needs. In this story, I reflect on these creatures as they live in my research, showing what this species can teach about coastal sustainability more generically.

scholarly journals Evaluating Linked Social-Ecological Systems in Marine Protected Areas

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana López-Angarita ◽  
Rocío Moreno-Sánchez ◽  
Jorge Higinio Maldonado ◽  
Juan A. Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological

Systems theories

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc J. Stern
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Real World ◽  
Common Pool Resources ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Effective Governance ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Real World Problem

This chapter covers systems theories relevant to understanding and working to enhance the resilience of social-ecological systems. Social-ecological systems contain natural resources, users of those resources, and the interactions between each. The theories in the chapter share lessons about how to build effective governance structures for common pool resources, how to facilitate the spread of worthwhile ideas across social networks, and how to promote collaboration for greater collective impacts than any one organization alone could achieve. Each theory is summarized succinctly and followed by guidance on how to apply it to real world problem solving.

scholarly journals Invasion landscapes as social‐ecological systems: Role of social factors in invasive plant species control

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Yletyinen ◽  
George L. W. Perry ◽  
Olivia R. Burge ◽  
Norman W. H. Mason ◽  
Philip Stahlmann‐Brown
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Invasive Plant Species ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological
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