“Fish as food”: Exploring a food sovereignty approach to small-scale fisheries

Levkoe, Charles Z.; Lowitt, Kristen; Nelson, Connie

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2017.08.018

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“…Fishing affects fish populations through direct mortality on target species, but also through indirect effects such as by-catch, habitat destruction, functional alterations of ecosystems, and human-induced evolutionary shifts in populations [7,8]. Notwithstanding, fishing (especially small-scale) plays a vital role in health nutrition, food security, and economic development of humans, especially coastal societies [9,10]. Fish meat provides nearly 20% of animal protein intake to up to one-third of the human population; with small-scale fisheries contributing two-thirds of this amount [9,11].…”

Section: Fishing As a Threat For Marine Fish Species And Its Importanmentioning

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“…Notwithstanding, fishing (especially small-scale) plays a vital role in health nutrition, food security, and economic development of humans, especially coastal societies [9,10]. Fish meat provides nearly 20% of animal protein intake to up to one-third of the human population; with small-scale fisheries contributing two-thirds of this amount [9,11].…”

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“…Despite the profound importance of fishing in society, fish are still viewed in market analyses as commodities rather than local food sources [7,9]. This means that the interdependencies between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in terms of ecological and human health, food security, economically and culturally viable livelihoods, and community well-being are still disregarded [9].…”

Section: Fishing As a Threat For Marine Fish Species And Its Importanmentioning

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Vulnerability and Decision-Making in Multispecies Fisheries: A Risk Assessment of Bacalao (Mycteroperca olfax) and Related Species in the Galapagos’ Handline Fishery

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Marine fish populations can be vulnerable to overfishing, as a response of their life history, ecology, and socio-economic aspects. Vulnerability assessments, in this regard, can be used to support fisheries decision-making by aiding species prioritization. Assessments like Productivity–Susceptibility Analyses are well suited for multispecies fisheries, with low gear selectivity and insufficient fishery-independent and dependent data. Using this method, we assessed local vulnerability of the Galapagos grouper (‘bacalao’; Mycteroperca olfax) and compared it with other phylogenetically-related species caught in the Galapagos’ handline-fishery. Bacalao is an overfished regionally endemic fish species, characterized by low resilience, high market and cultural value and high spatial overlap with the fishery. Our results suggested that bacalao is a species of high management priority, requiring urgent measures to prevent fisheries’ collapse. In addition, if current fishing pressure persists, other related species may become threatened in the near future. We also evaluated different management scenarios using this approach. Results suggested that the inclusion of additional no-take zones in the marine reserve, comprising key nursery habitats (such as mangroves) and spawning aggregation sites, would be necessary to reduce species vulnerability and to benefit other related species. Improving enforcement and fishers’ compliance are essential to guarantee the effectiveness of these measures.

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Section: Fishing As a Threat For Marine Fish Species And Its Importanmentioning

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Section: Fishing As a Threat For Marine Fish Species And Its Importanmentioning

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Section: Fishing As a Threat For Marine Fish Species And Its Importanmentioning

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Vulnerability and Decision-Making in Multispecies Fisheries: A Risk Assessment of Bacalao (Mycteroperca olfax) and Related Species in the Galapagos’ Handline Fishery

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“…Trata -se da busca de novas formas de acesso ao mercado, com destaque para esses canais de comercialização, por meio de cadeias curtas em que se valorizam a identificação do produto e do produtor, dando respaldo à qualidade e aos aspectos locais (Cunha, 2015). Estas unidades de pequena produção, nas quais se encontram os pescadores artesanais, se destacam também por apresentarem um impacto ecológico bem menor, comparado à pesca industrial, pois não agravam as chamadas "crises de sobre -pesca e degradação" no espaço pesqueiro (Levkoe;Lowitt e Nelson, 2017: 65). São, portanto, possibilidades com as quais os pescadores artesanais se deparam, mas que não se efetivam de forma particularizada.…”

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A dinâmica da pesca artesanal na Bacia de Campos: organização social e práticas em economia solidária entre os pescadores artesanais

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“…For example, much of the current work identifying with food systems scholarship and movements remains agricultural-centric. Despite harvesters and gatherers playing a foundational role in the development of food sovereignty discourses, there has been little engagement with these movements (Levkoe et al 2017 ). This has become evident through my own work, engaging with communities associated with a long history of harvesting non-domesticated foods.…”

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Scholars as allies in the struggle for food systems transformation

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Molly Anderson’s 2020 Presidential Address for the Agriculture and Human Values Society, is a bold call to action that considers the scope and depth of the challenges facing global food systems. This call has particular relevance to scholars who are closely aligned with struggles for food justice and food sovereignty. In this discussion piece, I suggest additional nuance that builds and expands on Anderson’s three opportunities for “pushing beyond the boundaries”. First, collaborations for social and ecological change must be willing to expand predominant ideas to the varied ways that people engage with food systems (e.g., consider the role of harvesting non-domesticated foods and migrant/undocumented workers across the food chain). Second, interactions with global social movements demands grounding our work in the hearts and minds of individuals and communities while also addressing structural concerns at the levels of governance that enable and constrain food system functions. Third, food systems thinking and action must begin with our relationships to the land and its original inhabitants. The settler colonial project is integrally connected to the dominant food system that is premised on exploitation and control of land, water and people. As scholar allies, “pushing the boundaries” demands acknowledging ways that we are complicit in unjust systems and ways that we benefit from them; doing the personal work required for unlearning and relearning; being prepared to take actions that move towards more equitable and sustainable food systems; and, accepting the potential risks and material consequences that equity demands.

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“Fish as food”: Exploring a food sovereignty approach to small-scale fisheries

Cited by 46 publications

References 28 publications

Vulnerability and Decision-Making in Multispecies Fisheries: A Risk Assessment of Bacalao (Mycteroperca olfax) and Related Species in the Galapagos’ Handline Fishery

Vulnerability and Decision-Making in Multispecies Fisheries: A Risk Assessment of Bacalao (Mycteroperca olfax) and Related Species in the Galapagos’ Handline Fishery

A dinâmica da pesca artesanal na Bacia de Campos: organização social e práticas em economia solidária entre os pescadores artesanais

Scholars as allies in the struggle for food systems transformation

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