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Drawing on more than 30 case
studies from around the world, this book
offers a multitude of examples for
improving the governance of small-scale
fisheries. Contributors from some 36
countries argue that reform,
transformation and innovation are vital to
achieving sustainable small-scale
fisheries - especially for mitigating the
threats and vulnerabilities of global
change. For this to happen, governing
systems must be context-specific and the
governability of small-scale fisheries
properly assessed. The volume corresponds
well with the Voluntary Guidelines for
Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries
adopted in 2014, spearheaded by the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO). These affirm the importance of
small-scale fisheries for food security,
nutrition, livelihoods, rural development
and poverty reduction. The book arises
from the project Too Big To Ignore: Global
Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries
Research (TBTI).
"A nuanced, diverse, vibrant and
local-specific collection of essays – just
as the small-scale fisheries around the
world - dealt with by this versatile array
of authors. Following on the heels of the
recently adopted FAO Small-Scale Fisheries
Guidelines, here is an erudite compendium
which I heartily recommend to policy
makers, academics and activists who wish
to come to terms with the complex issue of
governance of this important field of
human activity."
John Kurien - Founding Member of the
International Collective in Support of
Fishworkers (ICSF), and Former Professor,
Centre for Development Studies,
Trivandrum, India
"Likely to become a classic in its field,
this book is about small-scale fisheries
and interactive governance – governance
which is negotiated, deliberated upon, and
communicated among stakeholders who often
share governing responsibilities. The
authors show that interactive governance
is not just a normative theory but a
phenomenon that can be studied
empirically, here with 34 case studies
from as many countries around the world,
north and south, east and west. Such
"force of example" enables the editors to
put together well-developed arguments and
sometimes surprising conclusions about the
way ahead. A must-read for managers,
practitioners, stakeholders, and
students!"
Fikret Berkes - University of Manitoba,
Canada, and author of Coasts for People
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