Crises in the South African abalone and Chilean loco fisheries: shared challenges and prospects

Maria Hauck,Gloria L Gallardo Fernandez

doi:10.1186/2212-9790-11-15

Abstract

Crises in the South African abalone and Chilean loco fisheries: shared challenges and prospects

Highlights

Worldwide, natural resource management has shifted from a centralised, top-down approach to a more holistic and people-centred approach that has involved resource users and communities in management and decision-making (Meinzen-Dick and Knox 2001)
The paper will conclude with a discussion of the key lessons that have emerged from both cases, and which we argue are important to consider for small-scale fisheries governance more broadly
Six themes have emerged as key lessons for understanding the challenges and prospects for fisheries governance in each country, and which may be relevant to small-scale fisheries more broadly

Summary

Introduction

Natural resource management has shifted from a centralised, top-down approach to a more holistic and people-centred approach that has involved resource users and communities in management and decision-making (Meinzen-Dick and Knox 2001). Fisheries co-management has evolved over the past two decades to highlight the importance of establishing partnerships between fishers, government authorities and other stakeholders, to share responsibility and decision-making on resource use and management (Wilson et al 2003) This process of sharing power between the stakeholders is considered key to ensuring that the needs and aspirations of the fishers are acknowledged and incorporated into management arrangements (Jentoft 2007). A move to alternative and more innovative approaches to management have often been stimulated as a result of resource depletion, and in some cases, resource crises (Christy 1992; Ostrom 2009) This may catalyse increased collaboration, a ‘crisis’ may be perceived differently between stakeholders, depending on how the problem is defined, and by whom (Chuenpagdee and Jentoft 2007). Benthic Exploitation Regime (BER): Allocation of quota through tickets 12 Regional TAC

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