Small-scale fisheries governance and understanding the snoek (Thyrsites atun) supply chain in the Ocean View fishing community, Western Cape, South Africa

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorIsaacs, Moenieba
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-16T15:53:39Z
dc.date.available2015-03-16T15:53:39Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractPostapartheid fisheries reform in South Africa, through the Marine Living Resources Act (MLRA) 18 of 1998, used individual transferable quotas (ITQs) to broaden resource access through allocating quotas to new entrants, even though the system has been created to reduce capacity through a reduction in the number of active fishers. The formal action space created through fisheries reform in South Africa left many artisanal fishers to operate in the informal action spaces, selling Thyrsites atun (snoek) to poor communities to sustain their livelihoods. Artisanal fishers were not recognized by MLRA of 1998 and through class action case brought against the ITQ system, and in out of court settlement with the claimants in 2007, 1000 interim relief permits will be allocated to artisanal fishes and the development of a new small-scale fisheries policy for South Africa. In this case study of a fishing community in Ocean View, Cape Town I examine a snoek fishery that operates differently, through a community supply chain and informal markets, than that of the high value ITQ regulated species, yet plays a significant role in the livelihoods of artisanal fishers and in the food security of poor households. The findings of this case study show the failures of existing policy frameworks and the implications for the implementation of the new small-scale fisheries policy in South Africa.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationIsaac, M. (2013). Small-scale fisheries governance and understanding the snoek (Thyrsites atun) supply chain in the Ocean View fishing community, Western Cape, South Africa. Ecology and Society, 18 (4): 17en_US
dc.identifier.issn1708-3087
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1379
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherResilience Allianceen_US
dc.rightsThe copyright of this paper is held by the author.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-05863-180417
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectSmall-scale fisheriesen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectIndividual transferable quotas (ITQs)en_US
dc.subjectCollective rightsen_US
dc.subjectMarine Living Resources Act (MLRA)en_US
dc.subjectOcean View, Cape Townen_US
dc.titleSmall-scale fisheries governance and understanding the snoek (Thyrsites atun) supply chain in the Ocean View fishing community, Western Cape, South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
IsaacsSmall-scaleFisheries2013.pdf
Size:
842.37 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download

Collections

Research Articles (PLAAS)