Managing inequality or managing stocks? An ethnographic perspective on the governance of small‐scale fisheries

Fish and Fisheries - Tập 16 Số 3 - Trang 471-485 - 2015
Michael Fabinyi1,2, Simon Foale3, Martha Macintyre4
1Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
2Resources, Environment and Development Program Crawford School of Public Policy College of Asia and the Pacific The Australian National University Acton ACT 0200 Australia
3Department of Anthropology, Archaeology and Sociology School of Arts and Social Sciences James Cook University Townsville Qld 4811 Australia
4School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia

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AbstractA 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.PNGand 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.

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