کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5049029 1476355 2016 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Economic viability and small-scale fisheries - A review
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
پایداری اقتصادی و ماهیگیری کوچک - بررسی
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک بوم شناسی، تکامل، رفتار و سامانه شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی


- Economic viability analysis helps to understand small-scale fisheries vulnerabilities.
- Economic viability is not only about financial viability or profitability.
- To comprehensively assess economic viability, socio-economic values need to be included.
- Current approaches need to be expanded to better incorporate these values.

Globally, over 90% of all fishing vessels and about 22 million fishers are considered small-scale. Despite their high numbers, small-scale fisheries are often understudied. They are usually economically and politically marginalized, and therefore vulnerable to large-scale threats (e.g., globalized markets). To support this sector and contribute to its sustainability, we argue that it is fundamental to understand how economically viable small-scale fisheries are. Hence, the main objective of this article is to critically review and describe the current discourse on the economic viability of small-scale fisheries. We find that currently, economic viability is mainly equated with financial viability, where profitability is the goal. In consideration of socio-economic aspects, the maintenance of nonnegative net benefits to society is often not considered in current notions of economic viability. While these shortcomings have been acknowledged in some of the existing literature, our review shows that they have not yet been addressed comprehensively. We therefore conclude that it is necessary to develop or expand current methods to better take into account social aspects when assessing the economic viability of small-scale fisheries. This would help find solutions to make these fisheries less vulnerable and better equipped to face large-scale processes of change.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ecological Economics - Volume 124, April 2016, Pages 69-75
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