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- Title
DEFINING SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES FROM A SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE.
- Authors
SOLTANPOUR, Yazdan; MONACO, Clara; PERI, Iuri
- Abstract
Depletion of marine resources as well as increasing in demand of fish is a widespread justification for the political intervention at international level on "small" vessels. The size of the vessel is the main attribute for what is defined as small-scale fisheries. This paper presents however a different perspective for the segmentation of fishing fleets based on social parameters. At the beginning we pose the question whether we should be in favour of all small-scale fisheries? Then we review the different typologies that have been used till now in other studies. We argue that a global classification of fleet based on size of vessel does not satisfy the diverse goals of all the studies in the field of fisheries. The cutting line between small-scale and large scale has been debated and it's difficult to find a general consensus at international level. In general the segmentation is adapted in accordance with the goal of the research. In this study we focus on the small-scale fisheries of the European Union countries of the Mediterranean Sea. The parameters proposed in this study may serve the eventual socio-economic research on small-scale fisheries. Ultimately, the right definition of SSF would have implications for the political sphere on which fisheries to support in order to achieve ecological, economic and social sustainability.
- Subjects
FISHERY economics; MARINE resource management; FISHING; SMALL-scale fisheries; SUSTAINABLE development
- Publication
Quality - Access to Success, 2017, Vol 18, p425
- ISSN
1582-2559
- Publication type
Article