Maritime studies : MASTPub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2022-09-29DOI: 10.1007/s40152-022-00283-0
Marieke Norton
{"title":"Making a network of patches, gaps, and spaces: marine and coastal governance in Stilbaai, South Africa.","authors":"Marieke Norton","doi":"10.1007/s40152-022-00283-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40152-022-00283-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on research conducted by myself and colleagues as part of the Southern Cape Interdisciplinary Fisheries Research Project, I present an overview of residents' perspectives on the Stilbaai Marine Protected Area, located on the Southern Cape coast of South Africa. Currently, South Africa's marine governance sector is often fraught with politicking, inefficiencies, and other effects that strain the social-ecological system. This research shows that despite some fragmentation of governance, there are opportunities, and a general willingness, to engage in activities that take care of the local environment on the behalf of residents, that serve to educate about ocean-positive behaviours and engage visitors more meaningfully on the benefits and value of the Stilbaai Marine Protected Area. Problems that residents perceive to be associated with the Marine Protected Area are noted, and suggestions are made to enhance a sense of caretaking, or <i>sorgskap</i>, within the community to fill the gaps of certain governance or regulation inadequacies. Indeed, I argue that <i>in lieu</i> of efficient formal governance structures and collaborations, it is the <i>informal</i> characteristic of caretaking activities by the community that renders these activities more sustainable, long term, and effective in building a \"culture\" of caretaking.</p>","PeriodicalId":74110,"journal":{"name":"Maritime studies : MAST","volume":"21 4","pages":"553-567"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9520962/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33486543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maritime studies : MASTPub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2022-06-24DOI: 10.1007/s40152-022-00272-3
Andrew Nova Le
{"title":"The homeland and the high seas: cross-border connections between Vietnamese migrant fish workers' home villages and industrial fisheries.","authors":"Andrew Nova Le","doi":"10.1007/s40152-022-00272-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-022-00272-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heeding the call to examine industrial fisheries with a migratory lens, this article explores how homeland processes in Vietnam-linked to the 2016 chemical spill-affect migrant fish workers' work on the high seas. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews in Vietnam and Taiwan, my paper relays two findings. First, the disaster's negative consequences undermined many men and women's ability to adequately contribute to household subsistence. Second, the inability to sustain livelihoods in Vietnam compelled migrant fish workers to exchange longer, and potentially more hazardous, workdays for additional wages and wage advances. These findings illustrate the benefits of studying industrial fisheries with a transnational prospective and can be applied to other contexts, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":74110,"journal":{"name":"Maritime studies : MAST","volume":"21 3","pages":"379-388"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9226277/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40408275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maritime studies : MASTPub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2021-01-28DOI: 10.1007/s40152-021-00214-5
John Kurien
{"title":"Book review: Dobeson A, 2019: Revaluing coastal fisheries: how small boats navigate new markets and technology, Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland.","authors":"John Kurien","doi":"10.1007/s40152-021-00214-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-021-00214-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74110,"journal":{"name":"Maritime studies : MAST","volume":"20 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7843000/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144236127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}