Managing inequality or managing stocks? An ethnographic perspective on the governance of small-scale fisheries
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Fabinyi, Michael; Foale, Simon; Macintyre, Martha
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A growing volume of recent research on small-scale fisheries governance has a focus on local perspectives and priorities of small-scale fisherfolk. This paper develops from this local perspective a novel focus on what is a fundamental priority of many small-scale fishers: concerns about inequality. The paper begins with a critical review of the literature on small-scale fisheries governance and suggests how a focus on inequality can make a useful contribution. The paper uses case-studies of...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Fabinyi, Michael | |
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dc.contributor.author | Foale, Simon | |
dc.contributor.author | Macintyre, Martha | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-14T23:18:51Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1467-2960 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/102647 | |
dc.description.abstract | A growing volume of recent research on small-scale fisheries governance has a focus on local perspectives and priorities of small-scale fisherfolk. This paper develops from this local perspective a novel focus on what is a fundamental priority of many small-scale fishers: concerns about inequality. The paper begins with a critical review of the literature on small-scale fisheries governance and suggests how a focus on inequality can make a useful contribution. The paper uses case-studies of small-scale fisheries in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Philippines to highlight local priorities about inequality and the implications for small-scale fisheries governance. PNG and the Philippines have very different social, political and environmental contexts, yet in both cases, local inequalities were a key pre-occupation of fisherfolk and posed major challenges for fisheries governance. While in both of the case-studies, fishers were aware of and keen to act on resource sustainability, this concern was overridden by concerns over: who obtained benefits from the fishery; who was responsible for resource degradation; and who should bear the costs of regulation. We conclude by discussing how our emphasis on the importance of inequality at a local level can potentially be integrated within many influential approaches to small-scale fisheries governance. | |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Inc. | |
dc.source | Fish and Fisheries | |
dc.title | Managing inequality or managing stocks? An ethnographic perspective on the governance of small-scale fisheries | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 16 | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 050202 - Conservation and Biodiversity | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160104 - Social and Cultural Anthropology | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | a383154xPUB2487 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Fabinyi, Michael, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Foale, Simon, James Cook University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Macintyre, Martha, University of Melbourne | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 3 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 471 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 485 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1111/faf.12069 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-06-14T08:29:59Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84937073393 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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