Flagging Justice Matters in EU Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs)

Bugeja-Said, Alicia; Svels, Kristina; Thuesen, Annette Aagaard; Linke, Sebastian; Salmi, Pekka; García-Lorenzo, Iria; Antelo, Ángeles Piñeiro; Villasante, Sebastián; Orduña, Pablo Pita; Pascual-Fernández, José J.; Pita, Cristina; Castelo, Daniela; Kyvelou, Stella; Ierapetritis, Dimitrios G.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-89624-9_14

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“…Chuenpagdee [36] claims that more equity and justice for small-scale fisheries, requires a thorough understanding of all kinds of injustices and inequities that may be affecting fishers, either individually or collectively. These injustices may be either horizontal or vertical and may be sought within the fisheries value chain but also in relation to governmental institutions and other stakeholder groups.…”

Section: Fisheries Co-management and Governance As Subjects Of Change...mentioning

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The Future of Fisheries Co-Management in The Context of Sustainable Blue Economy and Green Deal: There Is No Green Without Blue !

Kyvelou¹,

Ierapetritis²,

Chiotinis³

2023

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Appropriate governance structures, among other factors, are extremely important for the fishery dependent communities to develop integrated territorial development and adaptive capacity to change, including the climate one. This paper intends to assess to what extent fisheries co-management schemes (e.g Fisheries LAGs, being regional/local governance instruments in fishing communities on a pan-European scale) are strengthening sustainability, i.e improving energy efficiency, promoting RES, coping with climate crisis, minimizing environmental impacts, and promoting sustainable blue economy. Since blue growth potential is mostly produced in coastal, marine and insular spaces, the research lens focuses on the Greek FLAGs and their capacity of aligning climate adaptation, blue economy and Green Deal targets. Therefore, a co-development process with FLAG managers is used to map their efficiency in pursuing Green Deal objectives. The findings reveal the scarcity of sustainability and blue economy related strategies. The paper concludes that transition to a post-carbon blue economy on a local level, requires the understanding of the evolutionary character both of fishery dependent local communities, due also to their bonding with marine ecosystems, and of fisheries co-management schemes. The latter as coherent, multi-sectoral schemes dedicated to their region’s integrated territorial development, may boost dialogue and cooperation towards an effective Maritime Spatial Planning, promoting harmonization between local development strategies and EU policies. MSP as an evolutionary governance process itself, can be a driver for making FLAGs evolve, towards strengthening commonization and blue justice and equity for fishers.

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Section: Fisheries Co-management and Governance As Subjects Of Change...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Future of Fisheries Co-Management in The Context of Sustainable Blue Economy and Green Deal: There Is No Green Without Blue !

Kyvelou¹,

Ierapetritis²,

Chiotinis³

2023

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“…These injustices may be either horizontal or vertical and may be sought within the fisheries value chain, but also in relation to governmental institutions and other stakeholder groups. This acknowledgment has already sparked an important debate both between scientists and practitioners on whether FLAGs ensure the inclusive and equitable sustainable development of fishing communities [37,38].…”

Section: Fisheries Governance Considered Under the Lens Of Evolutiona...mentioning

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“…Bugeja-Said et al [37] argue that FLAGs are important institutions that may support the future of fishery-dependent communities and fishing livelihoods. However, they observe certain shortages, such as the fact that this pan-European network is not at all uniform, neither structurally nor operationally, and that several (in)justice issues are generated.…”

Section: Fisheries Governance Considered Under the Lens Of Evolutiona...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Future of Fisheries Co-Management in the Context of the Sustainable Blue Economy and the Green Deal: There Is No Green without Blue

2023

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Appropriate governance structures are extremely important for fishery-dependent communities in developing integrated territorial development strategies and an adaptive capacity for change, including a climate one. This paper assesses to what extent fishery co-management schemes (e.g., fishery LAGs, being regional/local governance instruments in fishing communities) are strengthening sustainability. The latter includes improving energy efficiency, promoting renewable energy sources (RES), coping with the climate crisis, minimizing environmental impacts, and promoting a sustainable blue economy. For detecting the policy aspects of aligning climate neutrality and a sustainable blue economy, the research lens focuses on the Greek Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs), given that these are mostly located in coastal/marine and insular territories with significant blue growth potential. To map and assess their capacity and efficiency in pursuing Green Deal objectives, a co-development process with FLAG managers was put in place. The results and findings of this process reveal the scarcity of sustainability and blue-economy-related strategies. The key conclusion is that a transition to a post-carbon blue economy on a local level requires an understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of fishery co-management schemes. The latter, being multi-sectoral structures, may boost dialogue and cooperation to harmonize local development strategies and EU policies. Maritime spatial planning (MSP), as an evolutionary governance process itself, can be a driver for making FLAGs evolve and strengthen commonization, blue justice, and equity for fishers.

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A new hope for small-scale fisheries through local action groups? Comparing Finnish and Swedish experiences

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New forms of institutional support within modern multi-level fisheries governance are urgently needed to address the decline of coastal and inland fisheries. The EU-funded Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG) initiative promises new hope to small-scale fishers by channelling support for the development of local fishing communities. This paper analyses the potential of FLAGs to contribute towards revitalizing small-scale fisheries in Nordic settings. Drawing on documents, surveys and interviews, we compare the implementation of FLAGs in Finland and Sweden. These countries were selected for analysis because they exhibit major differences in the implementation of FLAGs, alongside similarities in their coastal fisheries and social contexts. A special structural feature in Sweden is that FLAGs have been entirely integrated into Local Action Groups set up under the LEADER programme, an EU initiative that supports development projects in rural, coastal and urban areas. As a result, fisheries issues that used to be addressed by sectoral fishery groups are now subsumed into broader territorial initiatives. In Finland, the FLAG system still comprises independent fishery groups, which collaborate with LEADER groups. Our comparison of the two cases demonstrates the importance of dedicated institutional support for small-scale fisheries to enable them to access funding opportunities provided by the EU’s FLAG initiative. Our comparative perspective enables conclusions to be drawn regarding the pros and cons of different approaches to the implementation of this hierarchical funding system, and the extent to which they can help restore fishers’ self-reliance and benefit local fishing livelihoods.

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Flagging Justice Matters in EU Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs)

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

The Future of Fisheries Co-Management in The Context of Sustainable Blue Economy and Green Deal: There Is No Green Without Blue !

The Future of Fisheries Co-Management in The Context of Sustainable Blue Economy and Green Deal: There Is No Green Without Blue !

The Future of Fisheries Co-Management in the Context of the Sustainable Blue Economy and the Green Deal: There Is No Green without Blue

A new hope for small-scale fisheries through local action groups? Comparing Finnish and Swedish experiences

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