How to Capture Small-Scale Fisheries’ Many Contributions to Society? – Introducing the ‘Value-Contribution Matrix’ and Applying It to the Case of a Swimming Crab Fishery in South Korea

Publisher:
Springer
Publication Type:
Chapter
Citation:
Social Wellbeing and the Values of Small-scale Fisheries, 2018, 17, pp. 125-146
Issue Date:
2018
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To facilitate a systematic and comprehensive capturing of small-scale fisheries’ societal contributions, this chapter proposes a ‘value-contribution matrix’ and applies it to the case of a swimming crab fishery in South Korea. In the matrix, objective, subjective, and relational values are identified for the major stakeholder categories such as fishers, a coastal community and the wider society. Through consideration of these values, multifaceted contributions of the swimming crab fishery were examined and their governance implications drawn. Around the world, small-scale fisheries have been unduly dismissed in policy despite their ubiquity. This analytical tool could prove to be an accessible and pragmatic heuristic for highlighting their varied (both positive and negative) contributions. Learning about which values are being emphasized or neglected, and for whom, and the consequences they generate for stakeholders’ wellbeing, could point to alternate ways of creating a more governable fishery and help to alleviate fishery sustainability challenges.
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