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Building stewardship capacity through fishers’ knowledge and advocacy in fisheries management: a case study from Southeast Alaska Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Emma D. Scalisi, Anne H. Beaudreau, Ellie Mason
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Social network mechanisms of price formation in an artisanal fishing community in Chile Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Miroslav Pulgar, Sílvia Gómez, José Luis Molina
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Rediscovery of small-scale fisheries in the era of crises Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-03
Abstract This article analyses the role of small-scale fisheries in the era of crises that increase fisheries’ vulnerability. Crises may also trigger a reconsideration of the value of small-scale fisheries. Thus, our main research questions are twofold: 1) How do the recent crises directly affect small-scale fisheries? and 2) What are the opportunities for reinventing the societal and environmental
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Trapped in a gulf of hope and despair: the Wagher small scale fisheries on the Kutch coast of Gujarat, India Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-21 GujaratTara Nair, Bharat Patel, Rudra Narayan Mishra
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Recentering the commons: assessing citizen mapping as an environmental practice Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Vineetha Venugopal, Biswa Swaroop Das, Aarthi Sridhar
The last three decades have seen waves of coastal development paradigms, the most recent being that of ‘blue economy’ and ‘blue growth’ — terms used in conjunction with sustainable development. The blue economy paradigm has its share of discontents across Indian Ocean nations who resist further commodification of coastal spaces and its perverse outcomes in the garb of sustainability. Community-based
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Advancing ocean ecosystem conservation via property rights, rather than marine protected areas (MPAs) Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Gary D. Libecap
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Gender-focused development interventions in small-scale fisheries: lessons learnt from a past project in Isabela Galapagos in Ecuador Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Ernesto Bustamante Velarde, Carla Zambrano Palacios, Gabriela Rodríguez Jácome, María José Barragán-Paladines
In 2001, one of the first initiatives in Galapagos promoting the sustainable use of marine resources with the participation of women in the fisheries sector was launched. This case study tells the story of Pescado Azul (‘Blue Fish’ in Spanish), an association formed by a group of women, mostly wives of fishers, from Isabela Island, Galapagos Archipelago. Pescado Azul was created as a development-focused
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Working seagrasses: emerging coastal ethics in the Mexican Caribbean Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Laura Otto
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Bridging the gap: enhancing socio-ecological resilience by breaking the debt cycle among small-scale hilsa fishers in Bangladesh Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-17
Abstract This study examines the plight of hilsa fishers in Bangladesh, grappling with challenges such as poor market access, scant capital, and shrinking fish stocks. This situation led to the seasonal dadon loan system, which provides immediate financial aid but often traps many fishers in a relentless debt cycle. We adopted a socio-ecological systems (SES) framework to examine the interconnected
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Women’s experiences of participatory small-scale fisheries monitoring in Timor-Leste Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Jenny House, Nelson M. S. Amaral, Janicia Silva de Jesus, Jemima Gomes, Michael Chew, Danika Kleiber, Dirk J. Steenbergen, Natasha Stacey
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Why women from fishing communities in Andalusia (Spain) not enlist on fishing vessels? Socio-economic and ideological factors of their non-recognition and initiatives for their inclusion Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Natalia Mora Álvarez, David Florido del Corral, Inmaculada Martínez Alba
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Prospects of equitable and sustainable seaweed aquaculture: a case study of changing gender and socio-economic relations in Maullín, Chile Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Gloria L. Gallardo Fernández, Marcela Avila, Fred Saunders, Ricardo Riquelme, Daniel Rodriguez, Gesica Aroca, Juan Gutierrez
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Marine spatial planning: a systematic literature review on its concepts, approaches, and tools (2004–2020) Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Teresa Rafael, Henrique Cabral, João Mourato, João Ferrão
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Aquaculture’s offshore frontier: learning from the Canadian courts on ocean grabbing, ocean privatization, and property as process Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Christine Knott, Melanie G. Wiber, Charles Mather
Abstract Many coastal nations have endorsed the Blue Economy as both an economic and environmental opportunity, despite numerous questions as to how industrial expansion into deep ocean waters might be regulated for sustainability. Aquaculture is one industry actively promoting a move offshore, with numerous offshore leases in development. Drawing on the history of aquaculture in the nearshore, and
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What can sea-related associations reveal about a coastal region’s maritimity? A case study in southern France Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Samuel Robert
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Introductory commentary: Marine conflicts and pathways to sustainability in an era of Blue Growth and climate change Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-06 Fred Saunders, Ralph Tafon, Maaike Knol-Kauffman, Samiya Ahmed Selim
Worldwide, marine conflicts are growing in frequency and intensity due to increasing global demands for resources (Blue Growth) and climate change. This article introduces a collection in Maritime Studies on marine conflicts and pathways to sustainability in an era of Blue Growth and climate change. We posit that while conflict can be problematic, it can also play a positive role in bringing about
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Enacting food system transformation through the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Hillary Smith, Xavier Basurto, Kevin St Martin
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The multi-dimensional perspectives of taboos on gender roles of fisherfolk in the Global South Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Ayodele Oloko, Sarah Harper, Kafayat Fakoya, U. Rashid Sumaila
In the Global South, small-scale fisheries may be highly influenced by taboos and traditional beliefs that are believed to maintain fishing pressure within sustainable limits, maintain ecosystem balance and mitigate risks associated with work at sea. However, despite their potentially significant role in mediating human-resource interactions, limited attention has been given to taboos in the context
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Strategies for addressing conflicts arising from blue growth initiatives: insights from three case studies in South Africa Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Merle Sowman, Philile Mbatha, Johanna von Holdt
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Quality versus profits from Mukene processing: Untold realities and perspectives from women processors in Uganda Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Ruth Nsibirano, Robinson Odong, Margaret Masette
There is persistent uproar about the poor quality of processed Rastrineobola Argentea, commonly known as Mukene in Uganda. Efforts put into training women processors on quality control have not deterred poor handling. The purpose of this paper is to explain why discussions about ‘quality’, ought to take into account the realities of actors. Data was collected from 10 focus group discussions with women
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Analysis across case-based global sustainability projects: an emerging challenge for ocean conflict research in the Anthropocene Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Marion Glaser, Samiya Ahmed Selim, Raquel De la Cruz-Modino, Ingrid van Putten, Shankar Aswani Canela, Adina Paytan, Leo X.C. Dutra, Nadine Heck, Siddharth Narayan, Warwick Sauer, Wiebren Johannes Boonstra, Bernadette Snow
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Sustainability conflicts in the blue economy: planning for offshore aquaculture and offshore wind energy development in Norway Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Maaike Knol-Kauffman, Kåre Nolde Nielsen, Gunnar Sander, Peter Arbo
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Connecting gender norms and economic performance reveals gendered inequities in Malawian small-scale fish trade Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Emma D. Rice, Abigail E. Bennett, Park Muhonda, Samson P. Katengeza, Patrick Kawaye, Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie, Dana M. Infante, David L. Tschirely
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Multispecies blue justice and energy transition conflict: examining challenges and possibilities for synergy between low-carbon energy and justice for humans and nonhuman nature Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Ralph Tafon, Fred Saunders, Tarmo Pikner, Michael Gilek
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Gender research in Japanese coastal fisheries Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Hana Matsubara, Mitsutaku Makino
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Identity, sociality and mobility: understanding internal fisher migration along India’s east coast Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Nitya Rao, J. D Sophia
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Understanding the cultural impacts of climate change harms on small-scale fisher communities through the lens of cultural ecosystem services Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Carya Maharja, Radisti A. Praptiwi, Y. Purwanto
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Ocean conflicts for whom and why? Participatory conflict assessment in the southeast coast of Brazil Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-29 I. M. Martins, D. S. Prado, L. R. Gonçalves, P. R. Jacobi, H. C. Kefalas, N. R. Oliveira-Monteiro, R. E. Scachetti, R. Taddei, L. P. Vianna, M. Vivacqua, L. Quito, V. N. Vilches, L. Y. Xavier, Ronaldo A. Christofoletti
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Estuarine territorialization and the port of Hamburg Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Jonas Hein, Nils Hilder
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Fish stories between past and future: competing and complementary heritage imaginaries in the Northeast Adriatic Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Nataša Rogelja Caf, Martina Bofulin, Primož Pipan
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A Norwegian seaweed utopia? Governmental narratives of coastal communities, upscaling, and the industrial conquering of ocean spaces Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Moritz Albrecht
Algae-based biomass occupies a prominent role in policy narratives for a more sustainable future situated between Blue Growth Strategies and European (Blue) bioeconomy development. Especially in Norway, the developing seaweed farming sector is portrayed as a novel bioresource sector entailing an array of benefits to remediate global as local environmental and socio-economic challenges. Accredited with
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A cross-sectional study on the nutritional status, dietary diversity, and small fish consumption patterns in coastal fishing communities of Ghana Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-12 Bhagya Janananda, Richard Stephen Ansong, Anne Hatløy, Amy Atter, Peter Andersen, Inger Aakre, Theophilus Annan, Frank Peget, Yaw Opoku Agyei-Mensah, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, Marian Kjellevold
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Social wellbeing, values, and identity among Caiçara small-scale fishers in southeastern Brazil Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-12 Marta C. F. Leite, Derek Stephen Johnson, Helen Ross, Cristiana Simão Seixas
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Youth and newcomers in Icelandic fisheries: opportunities and obstacles Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Elena Alessandra Lebedef, Catherine Chambers
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History matters: societal acceptance of deep-sea mining and incipient conflicts in Papua New Guinea Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-03 E.I. van Putten, S. Aswani, W.J. Boonstra, R. De la Cruz-Modino, J. Das, M. Glaser, N. Heck, S. Narayan, A. Paytan, S. Selim, R. Vave
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Indigenous rights and underwater cultural heritage: (de)constructing international conventions Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Elena Perez-Alvaro
Abstract People, ideas and products of all civilisations have been moved by ships, making oceans one of the major drivers for the divergence and convergence of human societies. Furthermore, human beings have interacted and lived on and around oceans, so their heritage provides testimony to many periods and aspects of our shared history. The marine policies to protect underwater and coastal heritage
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Gender, a key dimension for the future of maritime cultural heritage research: cases from Europe and East Asia Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Katia Frangoudes, Juliette Herry, Dimitra Mylona, Colin Vanlaer, Alyne Delaney
This article focuses on the importance of gender research in the intangible cultural heritage of fisheries (including shellfish and seaweed farming) as a means to better preserve coastal and maritime cultural heritage. Fishing activities are based on knowledge, the “know-how”, accumulated through experience over time and transmitted to new generations. As written sources have tended, historically,
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A review of how we study coastal and marine conflicts: is social science taking a broad enough view? Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Lol Iana Dahlet, Samiya A. Selim, Ingrid van Putten
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Reconceptualizing coastal fisheries conflicts: a Swedish case study Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Milena Arias Schreiber, Maris B. Gillette
Fisheries conflicts have often been interpreted as arising from disputes over access to fish. Competition for fishing stocks among resource users (human and non-human) and fisheries managers’ attempts to control access to fish are depicted as main causes of conflicts. From this perspective, rampant environmental degradation, climate change, and a growing human population will only exacerbate tensions
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Picturing the coast: unravelling community perceptions of seascapes, Blue Growth and coastal change Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-17 Maria Pafi, Wesley Flannery, Brendan Murtagh
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Technological transformation and changing social relations in the ring seine fishery of Kerala, India Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-27 Nikita Gopal, Holly M. Hapke, Leela Edwin
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Connecting fishing and tourism practices using digital tools: a case study of Marsaxlokk, Malta Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Jordi Vegas Macias, Machiel Lamers, Hilde Toonen
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The importance of local fisheries as a cultural attribute: insight from a discrete choice experiment of seafood consumers Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-06 Simone Martino, Elaine Azzopardi, Clive Fox, Emma Chiaroni, Elena Payne, Jasper Kenter
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Integration or separation? The future of the English small-scale coastal fishery Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Rebecca Korda, Tim Gray, Selina M. Stead
The decline of inshore or small-scale coastal fisheries (SSCF) in many countries across the world has been well-documented in major studies published during the last 10 years. Researchers report decreasing stocks of marketable fish, inadequate fish quota allocations, and virtual exclusion from fisheries management decision-making bodies. The situation in England is a case in point, where many SSCF
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Intertwined realities — hybrid institutions in the Peruvian fisheries and aquaculture sectors Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Gerardo H. Damonte, Lotta C. Kluger, Isabel E. Gonzales
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Understanding and analysing the complex causality of conflicts over marine environments through process tracing Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Wiebren Johannes Boonstra, Lol Dahlet, Björn Eriksson, S. A. Salim, E. I. van Putten
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Impact of offshore petroleum extraction and “ocean grabbing” on small-scale fisheries and coastal livelihoods in Ghana Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Victor Owusu, Eric Tamatey Lawer, Moses Adjei, Michael Ogbe
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Small fish consumption in rural Myanmar Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Quennie Vi Rizaldo, Wae Win Khaing, Ben Belton
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The processing, preparation, and cooking practices of small fish among poor Ghanaian households: An exploratory qualitative study Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Yaw Opoku Agyei-Mensah, Theophilus Annan, Ragnhild Overå, Amy Atter, Anne Hatløy, Peter Andersen, Kojo Odei Obiri, Richard Stephen Ansong, Bhagya Janananda, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, Marian Kjellevold
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Blue boats in deep waters: how aspects of IUU policy impact Vietnamese fish workers Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Georgina Alonso, Melissa Marschke
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A social wellbeing approach to the gendered impacts of fisheries transition in Gujarat, India Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-31 Rajib Biswal, Derek Stephen Johnson
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Limits to blue economy: challenges to accessing fishing livelihoods in Ghana’s port communities Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Raymond K. Ayilu
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Trickier than it first appears: investigating opportunities to increase small fish production and availability from culture-based inland fisheries in West Bengal, India Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-23 R. I. Arthur, U. Bhaumik, P. K. Pandit, S. Saha, T. Paria
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Unravelling sustainable salmon aquaculture: an historical political ecology of a business responsibility discourse, 1970–2020 Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Jonathan R. Barton, Sebastián Baeza-González, Álvaro Román
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Humor, transparency, and the management of distrust among business rivals: a case study of berthing meetings at the Port of Tema in Ghana Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Martin Arvad Nicolaisen, Annette Skovsted Hansen
This article builds on rich empirical data following our unexpected discovery of a local practice to circumvent a stressful and counterproductive work environment due to distrust at the Port of Tema in Ghana. Using theoretical work on networks, trust, and humor, as well as extensive ethnographic fieldwork, we found that the humorous atmosphere at the regularly held physical berthing meetings fosters
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Understanding change, complexities, and governability challenges in small-scale fisheries: a case study of Limbe, Cameroon, Central Africa Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Richard A. Nyiawung, Nathan J. Bennett, Philip A. Loring
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Salinizing livelihoods: the political ecology of brackish water shrimp aquaculture in South India Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Ajit Menon, Arunkumar A. S., Nithya K., Shakila H.
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What do we talk about when we talk about integration: towards a differentiated view on integration and fragmentation in coastal and marine spatial planning Maritime Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-01 Patrick Berg Sørdahl
Bob Dylan once sang that he contained multitudes. So too does integration. More integrated planning of coasts and oceans has long been hailed as a goal and is seen as a pathway towards a more legitimate, cost-effective, equitable and sustainable planning of marine space. However, a reading of the literature indicates that many integration efforts have seemingly failed to reach their potential, and