Collateral damage? Small-scale fisheries in the global fight against IUU fishing

Song, AM; Scholtens, J; Barclay, K; Bush, SR; Fabinyi, M; Adhuri, DS; Haughton, M

Collateral damage? Small-scale fisheries in the global fight against IUU fishing

Song, AM Scholtens, J Barclay, K

Bush, SR Fabinyi, M

Adhuri, DS Haughton, M

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Fish and Fisheries, 2020
Issue Date:: 2020-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Song, AM
dc.contributor.author	Scholtens, J
dc.contributor.author	Barclay, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-0965
dc.contributor.author	Bush, SR
dc.contributor.author	Fabinyi, M https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5293-4081
dc.contributor.author	Adhuri, DS
dc.contributor.author	Haughton, M
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-24T00:49:59Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-24T00:49:59Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Fish and Fisheries, 2020
dc.identifier.issn	1467-2960
dc.identifier.issn	1467-2979
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/141652
dc.description.abstract	© 2020 The Authors. Fish and Fisheries published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Concern over illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has led to a number of policy, trade and surveillance measures. While much attention has been given to the impact of IUU regulation on industrial fleets, recognition of the distinct impacts on small-scale fisheries is conspicuously lacking from the policy and research debate. In this paper, we outline three ways in which the application of IUU discourse and regulation undermines small-scale fisheries. First, the mainstream construction of “illegal,” “unreported” and “unregulated” fishing, and also the categorical use of “IUU” in an all-inclusive sense, disregards the diversity, legitimacy and sustainability of small-scale fisheries practices and their governing systems. Second, we explore how the recent trade-related measures to counter IUU fishing mask and reinforce existing inequalities between different sectors and countries, creating an unfair burden on small-scale fisheries and countries who depend on them. Third, as IUU fishing is increasingly approached as “organized crime,” there is a risk of inappropriately targeting small-scale fisheries, at times violently. Reflecting on these three trends, we propose three strategies by which a more sensitive and ultimately more equitable incorporation of small-scale fisheries can be supported in the global fight against IUU fishing.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	WILEY
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180100965
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE200100712
dc.relation.ispartof	Fish and Fisheries
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/faf.12462
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	0602 Ecology, 0704 Fisheries Sciences
dc.subject.classification	Fisheries
dc.title	Collateral damage? Small-scale fisheries in the global fight against IUU fishing
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	0704 Fisheries Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Social and Political Sciences Program
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dc.date.updated	2020-06-24T00:49:55Z
pubs.publication-status	Published

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© 2020 The Authors. Fish and Fisheries published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Concern over illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has led to a number of policy, trade and surveillance measures. While much attention has been given to the impact of IUU regulation on industrial fleets, recognition of the distinct impacts on small-scale fisheries is conspicuously lacking from the policy and research debate. In this paper, we outline three ways in which the application of IUU discourse and regulation undermines small-scale fisheries. First, the mainstream construction of “illegal,” “unreported” and “unregulated” fishing, and also the categorical use of “IUU” in an all-inclusive sense, disregards the diversity, legitimacy and sustainability of small-scale fisheries practices and their governing systems. Second, we explore how the recent trade-related measures to counter IUU fishing mask and reinforce existing inequalities between different sectors and countries, creating an unfair burden on small-scale fisheries and countries who depend on them. Third, as IUU fishing is increasingly approached as “organized crime,” there is a risk of inappropriately targeting small-scale fisheries, at times violently. Reflecting on these three trends, we propose three strategies by which a more sensitive and ultimately more equitable incorporation of small-scale fisheries can be supported in the global fight against IUU fishing.

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