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The emergence of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as a policy issue over the past two decades has galvanised efforts to advance the regulation of high seas fishing to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of fishery resources. This process enabled the introduction of environmental provisions into international trade under the guise of ensuring the lawful sourcing of seafood. This has proven more acceptable to the trade regime than bans on unsustainably harvested seafood. The European Union and the United States have led the establishment of legality as a proxy for different environmental and social accountability concerns and have implemented unilateral trade measures to prevent seafood sourced from IUU fishing from entering their markets through traceability schemes. Although the EU and US are huge markets, the ultimate success of such measures in reducing IUU fishing lies in their take up in other countries and the potential for harmonisation at the supra-state level. This research has explored the potential for implementation of anti-IUU trade measures in Australia through discourse analysis of semi-structured interviews and public policy documents. Our findings show that there is very limited potential for anti-IUU fishing trade measures in Australia due to socio-specific constructions of IUU and of fisheries management. These findings are relevant for the potential policy diffusion of anti-IUU trade measures in market states.
Sonia Garcia Garcia; Kate Barclay; Rob Nicholls. Can anti-illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing trade measures spread internationally? Case study of Australia. Ocean & Coastal Management 2021, 202, 105494 .
AMA StyleSonia Garcia Garcia, Kate Barclay, Rob Nicholls. Can anti-illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing trade measures spread internationally? Case study of Australia. Ocean & Coastal Management. 2021; 202 ():105494.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSonia Garcia Garcia; Kate Barclay; Rob Nicholls. 2021. "Can anti-illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing trade measures spread internationally? Case study of Australia." Ocean & Coastal Management 202, no. : 105494.
China is a key player in global production, consumption, and trade of seafood. Given this dominance, Chinese choices regarding what seafood to eat, and how and where to source it, are increasingly important—for China, and for the rest of the world. This perspective explores this issue using a transdisciplinary approach and discusses plausible trajectories and implications for assumptions of future modeling efforts and global environmental sustainability and seafood supply. We outline China's 2030 projected domestic seafood production and consumption through an examination of available statistics, and qualitatively evaluate these in relation to key stated Chinese policy targets, consumer trends, and dominant political narratives. Our analysis shows that by 2030 China is likely to see seafood consumption outstrip domestic production. To meet the seafood gap China will likely attempt to increase domestic freshwater and offshore aquaculture, increase seafood imports, possibly expand the distant water fishing industry, and invest in seafood production abroad.
Beatrice Crona; Emmy Wassénius; Max Troell; Kate Barclay; Tabitha Mallory; Michael Fabinyi; Wenbo Zhang; Vicky W.Y. Lam; Ling Cao; Patrik Jg Henriksson; Hampus Eriksson. China at a Crossroads: An Analysis of China's Changing Seafood Production and Consumption. One Earth 2020, 3, 32 -44.
AMA StyleBeatrice Crona, Emmy Wassénius, Max Troell, Kate Barclay, Tabitha Mallory, Michael Fabinyi, Wenbo Zhang, Vicky W.Y. Lam, Ling Cao, Patrik Jg Henriksson, Hampus Eriksson. China at a Crossroads: An Analysis of China's Changing Seafood Production and Consumption. One Earth. 2020; 3 (1):32-44.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBeatrice Crona; Emmy Wassénius; Max Troell; Kate Barclay; Tabitha Mallory; Michael Fabinyi; Wenbo Zhang; Vicky W.Y. Lam; Ling Cao; Patrik Jg Henriksson; Hampus Eriksson. 2020. "China at a Crossroads: An Analysis of China's Changing Seafood Production and Consumption." One Earth 3, no. 1: 32-44.
The integrated management (IM) of coastal and marine environments is an enduring problem, particularly in multi-sectoral and jurisdictional systems, with coastal management of New South Wales (NSW), Australia being no exception. Historically, NSW coastal and marine management was dominated by ecological and economic approaches, implemented in parallel through multiple government agencies with overlapping jurisdictions. A review in 2012 of NSW marine park management recommended addressing the unintended consequences of this management approach, and the Marine Estate Management Act (2014), was established to integrate management of the whole of the NSW coast. This paper discusses the role that a deliberative democratic approach has played in the approach to IM undertaken by the NSW Marine Estate Management Authority (MEMA). The NSW MEMA case study provides a robust reflection of the challenges identified by the literature in implementing effective integrated management, being the alignment of values, visions and methods of assessment, across multiple resources, ecosystems, stakeholders and administrative jurisdictions. Deliberative democratic approaches were used in reviewing the MEMA case to analyse its ability to address some of the challenges and realise benefits of IM. However, despite benefits being identified, a key finding is that achieving integration across multiple agencies with varied disciplinary approaches and organisational cultures, takes a significant amount of time. Even after several years, challenges remain in embedding cultural shifts and resource commitment at all levels to ensure the ongoing successful implementation of IM.
Kate Brooks; Kate Barclay; R. Quentin Grafton; Natalie Gollan. Transforming coastal and marine management: Deliberative democracy and integrated management in New South Wales, Australia. Marine Policy 2020, 104053 .
AMA StyleKate Brooks, Kate Barclay, R. Quentin Grafton, Natalie Gollan. Transforming coastal and marine management: Deliberative democracy and integrated management in New South Wales, Australia. Marine Policy. 2020; ():104053.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKate Brooks; Kate Barclay; R. Quentin Grafton; Natalie Gollan. 2020. "Transforming coastal and marine management: Deliberative democracy and integrated management in New South Wales, Australia." Marine Policy , no. : 104053.
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.
Andrew M. Song; Joeri Scholtens; Kate Barclay; Simon R. Bush; Michael Fabinyi; Dedi S. Adhuri; Milton Haughton. Collateral damage? Small‐scale fisheries in the global fight against IUU fishing. Fish and Fisheries 2020, 21, 831 -843.
AMA StyleAndrew M. Song, Joeri Scholtens, Kate Barclay, Simon R. Bush, Michael Fabinyi, Dedi S. Adhuri, Milton Haughton. Collateral damage? Small‐scale fisheries in the global fight against IUU fishing. Fish and Fisheries. 2020; 21 (4):831-843.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndrew M. Song; Joeri Scholtens; Kate Barclay; Simon R. Bush; Michael Fabinyi; Dedi S. Adhuri; Milton Haughton. 2020. "Collateral damage? Small‐scale fisheries in the global fight against IUU fishing." Fish and Fisheries 21, no. 4: 831-843.
High demand and prices in global markets for luxury seafood fished by coastal communities in low-income contexts causes overfishing. There are few alternatives for fishers to earn money, most institutions for controlling effort are weak, and markets are beyond the control of fishing states. The mismatch between desires for development and governance measures to enable that development is shared across many high-value low-income contexts. Using the sea cucumber fishery of Papua New Guinea as an example, this paper illustrates how the interactive governance framework provides a holistic approach to revealing governability limits and opportunities. Analysis of the system to be governed demonstrates that development for coastal communities is fundamental to the fishery as a motivating force and as a principle legitimising actions within the fishery and its management. This analysis highlights the fact that fisheries management is based on the assumption that an open fishery will lead to development, due to its economic value. However, money does not equal development. For this and other similar fisheries to increase development in coastal communities, issues not usually considered within the purview of the management of fisheries must be addressed, including gendered and intergenerational decision-making and income distribution, financial planning and government provision of infrastructure and services.
Kate Barclay; Michael Fabinyi; Jeff Kinch; Simon Foale. Governability of High-Value Fisheries in Low-Income Contexts: a Case Study of the Sea Cucumber Fishery in Papua New Guinea. Human Ecology 2019, 47, 381 -396.
AMA StyleKate Barclay, Michael Fabinyi, Jeff Kinch, Simon Foale. Governability of High-Value Fisheries in Low-Income Contexts: a Case Study of the Sea Cucumber Fishery in Papua New Guinea. Human Ecology. 2019; 47 (3):381-396.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKate Barclay; Michael Fabinyi; Jeff Kinch; Simon Foale. 2019. "Governability of High-Value Fisheries in Low-Income Contexts: a Case Study of the Sea Cucumber Fishery in Papua New Guinea." Human Ecology 47, no. 3: 381-396.
Small‐scale fisheries are subject to various governing institutions operating at different levels with different objectives. At the same time, small‐scale fisheries increasingly form part of domestic and international market chains, with consequent effects for marine environments and livelihoods of the fishery‐dependent. Yet there remains a need to better understand how small‐scale fisheries market chains interact with the range of governance institutions that influence them. In this paper, we examine how multiple governance systems function along market chains, in order to identify opportunities for improved multiscale governance. We use three small‐scale fisheries with varying local to global market chains operating in the Asia‐Pacific region to develop a framework for analysis. Drawing from Interactive Governance theory we identify governing systems that have come to operate at particular sections in each market chain. We recognize four institutions that shape the governance over the length of the chain; namely those centred on (a) government, (b) private sector and pricing, (c) decentralized multistakeholder management and (d) culture and social relations. The framework shows how diverse arrangements of these governing institutions emerge and take effect along market chains. In doing so, we seek to move away from prescribed “ideals” of universal governing arrangements for fisheries and their market chains, and instead illuminate how governing systems function interactively across multiple scales.
Dirk J. Steenbergen; Michael Fabinyi; Kate Barclay; Andrew M. Song; Philippa J. Cohen; Hampus Eriksson; David J. Mills. Governance interactions in small‐scale fisheries market chains: Examples from the Asia‐Pacific. Fish and Fisheries 2019, 1 .
AMA StyleDirk J. Steenbergen, Michael Fabinyi, Kate Barclay, Andrew M. Song, Philippa J. Cohen, Hampus Eriksson, David J. Mills. Governance interactions in small‐scale fisheries market chains: Examples from the Asia‐Pacific. Fish and Fisheries. 2019; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDirk J. Steenbergen; Michael Fabinyi; Kate Barclay; Andrew M. Song; Philippa J. Cohen; Hampus Eriksson; David J. Mills. 2019. "Governance interactions in small‐scale fisheries market chains: Examples from the Asia‐Pacific." Fish and Fisheries , no. : 1.
Corrigendum: Chinese Trader Perceptions on Sourcing and Consumption of Endangered Seafood
Michael Fabinyi; Kate Barclay; Hampus Eriksson. Corrigendum: Chinese Trader Perceptions on Sourcing and Consumption of Endangered Seafood. Frontiers in Marine Science 2019, 6, 1 .
AMA StyleMichael Fabinyi, Kate Barclay, Hampus Eriksson. Corrigendum: Chinese Trader Perceptions on Sourcing and Consumption of Endangered Seafood. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2019; 6 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMichael Fabinyi; Kate Barclay; Hampus Eriksson. 2019. "Corrigendum: Chinese Trader Perceptions on Sourcing and Consumption of Endangered Seafood." Frontiers in Marine Science 6, no. : 1.
The coastal and marine environment is often managed according to the principles of sustainable development, which include environmental, economic, and social dimensions. While each are equally important, social sustainability receives a lower priority in both policy and research. Methodologies for assessing social sustainability are less developed than for environmental and economic sustainability, and there is a lack of data on the social aspects of sustainable development (such as social equity), which constitutes a barrier to understanding social considerations and integrating them into natural resource management. This paper explores a threat and risk assessment to the marine estate in New South Wales, Australia, which identified and categorised both the benefits that communities gain from the marine estate and the threats to those benefits. A broad range of benefits were identified including participation (e.g., socialising and sense of community), enjoyment (e.g., enjoying the biodiversity and beauty), cultural heritage and use, intrinsic and bequest values, the viability of businesses, and direct economic values. Threats to community benefits were categorised as resource use conflict, environmental, governance, public safety, critical knowledge gaps and lack of access. An integrated threat and risk assessment approach found that the priority threats to community benefits were environmental threats (e.g., water pollution), critical knowledge gaps (e.g., inadequate social and economic information), governance (e.g., lack of compliance), resource-use conflict (e.g., anti-social behaviour), and lack of access (e.g., loss of fishing access). Threat and risk assessment is an evidence-based tool that is useful for marine planning because it provides a structured approach to incorporating multiple types of knowledge and enables limited resources to be targeted to the threats identified as being most important to address.
Natalie Gollan; Michelle Voyer; Alan Jordan; Kate Barclay. Maximising community wellbeing: Assessing the threats to the benefits communities derive from the marine estate. Ocean & Coastal Management 2018, 168, 12 -21.
AMA StyleNatalie Gollan, Michelle Voyer, Alan Jordan, Kate Barclay. Maximising community wellbeing: Assessing the threats to the benefits communities derive from the marine estate. Ocean & Coastal Management. 2018; 168 ():12-21.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNatalie Gollan; Michelle Voyer; Alan Jordan; Kate Barclay. 2018. "Maximising community wellbeing: Assessing the threats to the benefits communities derive from the marine estate." Ocean & Coastal Management 168, no. : 12-21.
Gender shapes livelihoods through access to resources and the distribution of benefits from economic activities. To work effectively with local people, resource management and community development initiatives should therefore be sensitive to the influence of gender on livelihoods. This paper considers gender in the context of broader social trends around livelihoods and focuses on a case study of shell money production and trade in the Langalanga Lagoon in Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. We pool data from several recent research projects with historical material from secondary sources. We find that the gender division of labour in the shell money value chain has changed somewhat over time, particularly in that women are now actively involved in trading. However, this shift has created friction due to norms about what kinds of activities are suitable for women, and who should control cash incomes. Whilst shell money remains one of the most important livelihoods in Langalanga lagoon, our findings also illustrate that the shell money value chain and the income earned varies considerably from family to family, with some making a better living than others. We argue that interventions seeking to improve livelihoods in coastal communities should thus be based on an understanding of differentiation within communities, and practitioners should consider whether interventions will result in community development, or may have the impact of increasing inequality between families.
Kate Barclay; Nicholas McClean; Simon Foale; Reuben Sulu; Sarah Lawless. Lagoon livelihoods: gender and shell money in Langalanga, Solomon Islands. Maritime Studies 2018, 17, 199 -211.
AMA StyleKate Barclay, Nicholas McClean, Simon Foale, Reuben Sulu, Sarah Lawless. Lagoon livelihoods: gender and shell money in Langalanga, Solomon Islands. Maritime Studies. 2018; 17 (2):199-211.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKate Barclay; Nicholas McClean; Simon Foale; Reuben Sulu; Sarah Lawless. 2018. "Lagoon livelihoods: gender and shell money in Langalanga, Solomon Islands." Maritime Studies 17, no. 2: 199-211.
Private standards, including ecolabels, have been posed as a governance solution for the global fisheries crisis. The conventional logic is that ecolabels meet consumer demand for certified “sustainable” seafood, with “good” players rewarded with price premiums or market share and “bad” players punished by reduced sales. Empirically, however, in the markets where ecolabeling has taken hold, retailers and brands—rather than consumers—are demanding sustainable sourcing, to build and protect their reputation. The aim of this paper is to devise a more accurate logic for understanding the sustainable seafood movement, using a qualitative literature review and reflection on our previous research. We find that replacing the consumer-driven logic with a retailer/brand-driven logic does not go far enough in making research into the sustainable seafood movement more useful. Governance is a “concert” and cannot be adequately explained through individual actor groups. We propose a new logic going beyond consumer- or retailer/brand-driven models, and call on researchers to build on the partial pictures given by studies on prices and willingness-to-pay, investigating more fully the motivations of actors in the sustainable seafood movement, and considering audience beyond the direct consumption of the product in question.
Kate Barclay; Alice Miller. The Sustainable Seafood Movement Is a Governance Concert, with the Audience Playing a Key Role. Sustainability 2018, 10, 180 .
AMA StyleKate Barclay, Alice Miller. The Sustainable Seafood Movement Is a Governance Concert, with the Audience Playing a Key Role. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (1):180.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKate Barclay; Alice Miller. 2018. "The Sustainable Seafood Movement Is a Governance Concert, with the Audience Playing a Key Role." Sustainability 10, no. 1: 180.
Growing trade networks through globalisation have expanded governance of local environments to encompass multiple scales. The governing role of market actors, such as traders and consumers in importing countries, has been recognized and embraced for sustainable seafood sourcing and trade. The perceptions that affect the conduct of these actors are a potential influence on governance of distal environments. In this paper we investigate the perceptions of sea cucumber traders in China. Sea cucumbers are an important global fishery commodity predominantly traded to China, the world’s largest seafood market, and seven traded species are endangered globally. We examine what traders and consumers in China perceive as important issues in seafood markets, and where they perceive the responsibility for sustainable fisheries to lie, to interpret what scope there is for sustainability to become an important issue in China’s seafood markets. We find that clusters of perceptions about cultural status, quality, health and food safety, and country of origin influence decisions that consumers make. These norms are rooted in sociocultural practice and drive current trade strategies. While traders do want to mitigate risks and secure supplies, food safety, product quality and country of origin are viewed as more important concerns than stock sustainability. Responsibility for sustainable fishing is perceived to be that of national governments in production countries. Trading practices and consumer perceptions together pose a serious challenge to sustainable seafood markets, further confounded by clandestine cross-border grey trade into China.
Michael Fabinyi; Kate Barclay; Hampus Eriksson. Chinese Trader Perceptions on Sourcing and Consumption of Endangered Seafood. Frontiers in Marine Science 2017, 4, 1 .
AMA StyleMichael Fabinyi, Kate Barclay, Hampus Eriksson. Chinese Trader Perceptions on Sourcing and Consumption of Endangered Seafood. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2017; 4 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMichael Fabinyi; Kate Barclay; Hampus Eriksson. 2017. "Chinese Trader Perceptions on Sourcing and Consumption of Endangered Seafood." Frontiers in Marine Science 4, no. : 1.
The principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development and Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management require that fisheries be managed for social as well as environmental and economic objectives. Comprehensive assessments of the success of fisheries in achieving all three objectives are, however, rare. There are three main barriers to achieving integrated assessments of fisheries. Firstly, disciplinary divides can be considered “too hard” to bridge with inherent conflicts between the predominately empirical and deductive traditions of economics and biophysical sciences and the inductive and interpretative approach of much of the social sciences. Secondly, understanding of the social pillar of sustainability is less well developed. And finally, in-depth analysis of the social aspects of sustainability often involves qualitative analysis and there are practical difficulties in integrating this with largely quantitative economic and ecological assessments. This article explores the social well-being approach as a framework for an integrated evaluation of the social and economic benefits that communities in New South Wales, Australia, receive from professional fish harvesting. Using a review of existing literature and qualitative interviews with more than 160 people associated with the fishing industry the project was able to identify seven key domains of community well-being to which the industry contributes. Identification of these domains provided a framework through which industry contributions could be further explored, through quantitative surveys and economic analysis. This framework enabled successful integration of social and economic, and both qualitative and quantitative information in a manner that enabled a comprehensive assessment of the value of the fishery.
Michelle Voyer; Kate Barclay; Alistair Mcilgorm; Nicole Mazur. Using a well-being approach to develop a framework for an integrated socio-economic evaluation of professional fishing. Fish and Fisheries 2017, 18, 1134 -1149.
AMA StyleMichelle Voyer, Kate Barclay, Alistair Mcilgorm, Nicole Mazur. Using a well-being approach to develop a framework for an integrated socio-economic evaluation of professional fishing. Fish and Fisheries. 2017; 18 (6):1134-1149.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMichelle Voyer; Kate Barclay; Alistair Mcilgorm; Nicole Mazur. 2017. "Using a well-being approach to develop a framework for an integrated socio-economic evaluation of professional fishing." Fish and Fisheries 18, no. 6: 1134-1149.
Michelle Voyer; Kate Barclay; Alistair McIlgorm; Nicole Mazur. Connections or conflict? A social and economic analysis of the interconnections between the professional fishing industry, recreational fishing and marine tourism in coastal communities in NSW, Australia. Marine Policy 2017, 76, 114 -121.
AMA StyleMichelle Voyer, Kate Barclay, Alistair McIlgorm, Nicole Mazur. Connections or conflict? A social and economic analysis of the interconnections between the professional fishing industry, recreational fishing and marine tourism in coastal communities in NSW, Australia. Marine Policy. 2017; 76 ():114-121.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMichelle Voyer; Kate Barclay; Alistair McIlgorm; Nicole Mazur. 2017. "Connections or conflict? A social and economic analysis of the interconnections between the professional fishing industry, recreational fishing and marine tourism in coastal communities in NSW, Australia." Marine Policy 76, no. : 114-121.
Kate Barclay; Michelle Voyer; Nicole Mazur; Anne Maree Payne; Senoveva Mauli; Jeff Kinch; Michael Fabinyi; Graeme Smith. The importance of qualitative social research for effective fisheries management. Fisheries Research 2017, 186, 426 -438.
AMA StyleKate Barclay, Michelle Voyer, Nicole Mazur, Anne Maree Payne, Senoveva Mauli, Jeff Kinch, Michael Fabinyi, Graeme Smith. The importance of qualitative social research for effective fisheries management. Fisheries Research. 2017; 186 ():426-438.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKate Barclay; Michelle Voyer; Nicole Mazur; Anne Maree Payne; Senoveva Mauli; Jeff Kinch; Michael Fabinyi; Graeme Smith. 2017. "The importance of qualitative social research for effective fisheries management." Fisheries Research 186, no. : 426-438.
Michelle Voyer; Natalie Gollan; Kate Barclay; William Gladstone. ‘It׳s part of me’; understanding the values, images and principles of coastal users and their influence on the social acceptability of MPAs. Marine Policy 2015, 52, 93 -102.
AMA StyleMichelle Voyer, Natalie Gollan, Kate Barclay, William Gladstone. ‘It׳s part of me’; understanding the values, images and principles of coastal users and their influence on the social acceptability of MPAs. Marine Policy. 2015; 52 ():93-102.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMichelle Voyer; Natalie Gollan; Kate Barclay; William Gladstone. 2015. "‘It׳s part of me’; understanding the values, images and principles of coastal users and their influence on the social acceptability of MPAs." Marine Policy 52, no. : 93-102.
The island countries and territories of the Pacific Ocean are relatively sparsely populated so there has historically been less fishing pressure on marine animal populations than in many other parts of the world. Industrial tuna fishing around Pacific Island countries began in the first half of the twentieth century, re-emerged after World War II in the 1950s and developed slowly until the 1980s when new fishing practices and new entrants increased catches steeply and steadily in a curve that continues to the present day. It has been estimated that industrial tuna catches are about ten times the volume and over seven times the value of all other fisheries in the Island Pacific combined—both commercial and artisanal. Furthermore, other fisheries that have been tried commercially in the region have not been resilient to industrial scale fishing pressure. Tuna fisheries may be the only potentially sustainable industrial wild-catch fisheries for the Island Pacific. Thus far fishing does not seem to have harmed the capacity of skipjack and albacore to maintain their populations, but it is having a deleterious effect on the biomass of yellowfin and bigeye. Industrial tuna fishing also incidentally kills other animals, but as yet there is not enough data collected to accurately gauge the ecosystem impacts of industrial tuna fisheries. Various attempts have been made to manage industrial tuna fisheries in the region. The main body responsible is the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), established in the 2004. Neither the WCPFC nor other bodies have thus far managed to reign in the overfishing of yellowfin and bigeye.
Kate Barclay. History of Industrial Tuna Fishing in the Pacific Islands. MARE Publication Series 2014, 12, 153 -171.
AMA StyleKate Barclay. History of Industrial Tuna Fishing in the Pacific Islands. MARE Publication Series. 2014; 12 ():153-171.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKate Barclay. 2014. "History of Industrial Tuna Fishing in the Pacific Islands." MARE Publication Series 12, no. : 153-171.
Concerns about supplies of food have been a feature of Japanese politics since Japan started modernising in the second half of the 1800s. It has remained a prominent political issue even after Japan cemented its status as a wealthy country in the 1980s, with the Japanese Government continuing to protect domestic food production from international competition. Protectionism is a curious policy for a country so dependent on world trade, including for food. Protectionist practices have led to entrenched interests in some sections of government and industry. Protectionist ideas are used in nationalist arguments against food imports. The protection of domestic food production, however, resonates positively well beyond the groups that benefit economically from protection and those that indulge in chauvinist notions about the dangers of “foreign” food. The issue, therefore, is broader than interest-group capture or xenophobia. We find it is deeply embedded in Japanese policies relating to food domestically and internationally, and goes beyond government policy as such, involving ways of thinking about protection of national culture, and social and environmental responsibility. Michel Foucault’s notion of governmentality helps to explain this approach to food security, accounting for the balancing act between free trade and protection as well as the pervasiveness of this rationality beyond government as such.
Kate Barclay; Charlotte Epstein. Securing Fish for the Nation: Food Security and Governmentality in Japan. Asian Studies Review 2013, 37, 215 -233.
AMA StyleKate Barclay, Charlotte Epstein. Securing Fish for the Nation: Food Security and Governmentality in Japan. Asian Studies Review. 2013; 37 (2):215-233.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKate Barclay; Charlotte Epstein. 2013. "Securing Fish for the Nation: Food Security and Governmentality in Japan." Asian Studies Review 37, no. 2: 215-233.
China, Japan and Korea’s international relations are shaped by the fact that all three are significant importers of resources. This Introduction proposes two conceptual frameworks for understanding the politics that is taken up in the papers of this Special Issue. The first is to consider the extent to which there is an East Asian model of resource procurement. We find that there are some similarities in the approaches taken by all three countries; for example, their development assistance shares a focus on infrastructure building and a reticence to purposefully influence domestic politics. There are, however, also significant differences due in large part to the individual nature of the states as international actors. The second conceptual framework is the broad contemporary theme of the end of Western dominance of the world order. The main way this affects the international politics of resources in Northeast Asia is through the belief that the activities of those countries are threatening in some way. In some cases Northeast Asian approaches to resources are seen as a problem because they are not sufficiently liberal, whereas in others the problem is that Northeast Asian powers are seen as replacing Western powers in exploiting resource-rich developing countries.
Kate Barclay; Graeme Smith. Introduction: The International Politics of Resources. Asian Studies Review 2013, 37, 125 -140.
AMA StyleKate Barclay, Graeme Smith. Introduction: The International Politics of Resources. Asian Studies Review. 2013; 37 (2):125-140.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKate Barclay; Graeme Smith. 2013. "Introduction: The International Politics of Resources." Asian Studies Review 37, no. 2: 125-140.
Purpose – To critically assess engagements with capitalism in coastal fisheries development, considering their success or otherwise for coastal villagers.Approach – Using field research and written reports of projects and the concept of “social embeddedness” we analyze two fisheries development projects as local instances of capitalism.Findings – Coastal peoples in the Pacific have been selling marine products for cash since the earliest days of contact with both Europeans and Asians. Since the 1970s, there have also been fisheries development projects. Both types of engagement with capitalism have had problems with commercial viability and ecological sustainability. One way to understand these issues is to view global capitalist markets as penetrating into localities through the lens of local cultures. We find, however, that local cultures are only one factor among several needed to explain the outcomes of these instances of capitalism. Other explanations include nature, national political and economic contexts, and transnational development assistance frameworks. The defining features of “local capitalisms” thus arise from configurations of human and nonhuman, local and outside influences.Social implications – Development project design should account for local conditions including: (1) village-based socioeconomic approaches, (2) national political economic contexts, (3) frameworks that donors bring to projects, and (4) (in)effective resource management.Originality/value of paper – The chapter builds on the experience of the authors over 15 years across multiple projects. The analysis provides a framework for understanding problems people have encountered in trying to get what they want from capitalism, and is applicable outside the fisheries sector.
Kate Barclay; Jeff Kinch. Local Capitalisms and Sustainability in Coastal Fisheries: Cases from Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. The Politics and Ethics of the Just Price 2013, 107 -138.
AMA StyleKate Barclay, Jeff Kinch. Local Capitalisms and Sustainability in Coastal Fisheries: Cases from Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. The Politics and Ethics of the Just Price. 2013; ():107-138.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKate Barclay; Jeff Kinch. 2013. "Local Capitalisms and Sustainability in Coastal Fisheries: Cases from Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands." The Politics and Ethics of the Just Price , no. : 107-138.
Purpose – The authors introduce the chapters of Engaging with Capitalism with a discussion of anthropological and other social theory about peoples’ approaches to capitalism, especially peoples with vibrant noncapitalist social systems, such as are found in Oceania.Approach – The introduction is in the form of a review of anthropological and other social theory about interactions between capitalism and noncapitalist social systems.Findings – The theoretical literature has tended to dichotomize capitalist and noncapitalist societies. While heuristically it is useful to contrast capitalist and noncapitalist social systems, in practice once societies come into the orbit of capitalism people adapt elements of capitalism to suit their aims. Furthermore, societies generally considered thoroughly capitalist also include noncapitalist features. So it is more accurate to think of societies as involving a mix of capitalism and noncapitalism, and the nature of that mix is part of what makes each society distinct.Social implications – The theoretical dichotomization of societies as capitalist or not, with capitalism understood as being universal, and noncapitalism understood in general terms such as gift economy, is prevalent in public imaginaries. Domestic social policy and international development assistance are often based on this dualistic understanding. Such programs could work better if they were based instead on an understanding that each group of people has a dynamic economic system, which includes capitalist and noncapitalist elements that interact in ways influenced by their history and locality.Value of paper – The chapter provides a conceptual scaffold for thinking about the ways people engage with capitalism.
Fiona McCormack; Kate Barclay. Insights on Capitalism from Oceania. The Politics and Ethics of the Just Price 2013, 1 -27.
AMA StyleFiona McCormack, Kate Barclay. Insights on Capitalism from Oceania. The Politics and Ethics of the Just Price. 2013; ():1-27.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFiona McCormack; Kate Barclay. 2013. "Insights on Capitalism from Oceania." The Politics and Ethics of the Just Price , no. : 1-27.