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The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines

Global Implementation

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  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Svein Jentoft

    1. Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

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  2. Ratana Chuenpagdee

    1. Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada

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  3. María José Barragán-Paladines

    1. Development and Knowledge Sociology Working Group, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research – ZMT, Bremen, Germany

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  4. Nicole Franz

    1. Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy

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  • Presents timely implementation research on a landmark instrument in fisheries governance
  • Identifies implementation challenges and potential stumbling blocks
  • Looks forward and offers creative pathways to implementation
  • Shares lessons and experiences from around the world

Part of the book series: MARE Publication Series (MARE, volume 14)

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Vision and Ambition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Implementing the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Small-Scale Fisheries

      • Svein Jentoft, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Nicole Franz, María José Barragán-Paladines
      Pages 3-13

    3. A Human Rights-Based Approach to Securing Small-Scale Fisheries: A Quest for Development as Freedom

      • Rolf Willmann, Nicole Franz, Carlos Fuentevilla, Thomas F. McInerney, Lena Westlund
      Pages 15-34

    4. The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: A First Account of Developments Since Their Endorsement in 2014

      • Nicole Franz, María José Barragán-Paladines
      Pages 35-54

  3. Politics of Transformation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Policy Coherence with the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: Analysing Across Scales of Governance in Pacific Small-Scale Fisheries

      • Philippa J. Cohen, Andrew M. Song, Tiffany H. Morrison
      Pages 57-77

    3. Tuna or Tasi? Fishing for Policy Coherence in Zanzibar’s Small-Scale Fisheries Sector

      • Lars Lindström, Maricela de la Torre-Castro
      Pages 79-94

    4. Pernicious Harmony: Greenland and the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines

      • Hunter T. Snyder, Rikke Becker Jacobsen, Alyne Delaney
      Pages 95-114

    5. Walking the Talk of the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines in Jamaica

      • Lisa K. Soares
      Pages 115-135

  5. Strengthening the Resource Base

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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    2. Laying Foundations for Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management with Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: Lessons from Australia and Southeast Asia

      • James Prescott, Dirk J. Steenbergen
      Pages 239-266

    3. Securing Sustainable Sami Small-Scale Fisheries in Norway: Implementing the Guidelines

      • Svein Jentoft, Siri Ulfsdatter Søreng
      Pages 267-289

    4. Protections for Small-Scale Fisheries in India: A Study of India’s Monsoon Fishing Ban

      • Surathkal Gunakar, Adam Jadhav, Ramachandra Bhatta
      Pages 291-311

    5. Implementing the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: Lessons from Japan

      • Alyne Delaney, Nobuyuki Yagi
      Pages 313-332
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About this book

In June 2014, FAO member-states endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines). These Guidelines are one of the most significant landmarks for small-scale fisheries around the world. They are comprehensive in terms of topics covered, and progressive, with their foundations based on human rights and other key principles. It can be anticipated that implementing the SSF Guidelines, whether at local, national, or regional levels, will be challenging. This book contains in-depth case studies where authors discuss the extent to which the Guidelines can help improve the realities of small-scale fishing men and women globally and make their livelihoods and communities more secure. This will require policy intervention and innovation, along with contributions of civil society organizations and academia. However, most of all it will necessitate the empowerment of fishing people so that they can become active participants in decision makingon matters where their well-being and human rights are at stake. By endorsing the SSF Guidelines, states have committed themselves to support and facilitate this development. This book asks whether states can successfully “walk the talk,” and provides advice as to how they can do so.



The collection of case studies sets the platform for an interactive dialogue space for researchers, policy makers, civil society and small-scale fishing communities to start the conversation about the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the SSF Guidelines at local, national, regional and global levels. An added value is that it helps add focus to our work as civil society activists involved in ensuring the application of the SSF Guidelines. Naseegh Jaffer – General Secretary, World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP) 

This collection offers many ways in which institutions enabling small-scale fisheries can protect and promote sustainability, food security, customary tenure, self-management, and market access, while fostering such benefits as ecosystem-based management, protected areas, incorporation of local knowledge, and poverty alleviation. You will want to put this book in the hands of policy-makers and practitioners immediately -- and for years to come. Evelyn Pinkerton – Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada


Reviews

“This book is an essential read for any academic, manager, or policymaker concerned with improving the performance of  small-scale fisheries and the well-being of associated fishing communities. … The SSF Guidelines may prove, as extensively showcased throughout the chapters of this book, to be the catalyst for a global attitude and policy shift to finally recognize the rights of fisherfolk throughout the world, and ensure that their work and ways of life are not only tolerated, but cherished.” (Andrés Cisneros- Montemayor, Samudra Report, Issue 79, August, 2018)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

    Svein Jentoft

  • Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada

    Ratana Chuenpagdee

  • Development and Knowledge Sociology Working Group, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research – ZMT, Bremen, Germany

    María José Barragán-Paladines

  • Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy

    Nicole Franz

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