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Rethinking small-scale fisheries compliance : from criminal justice to social justice
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| author | Hauck, Maria |
| author2 | Sowman, Merle |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/6067 Rethinking small-scale fisheries compliance : from criminal justice to social justice Hauck, Maria Sowman, Merle Raakjaer, Jesper Environmental and Geographical Science Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-252). Fisheries compliance theory has evolved over the past two decades in an attempt to understand the factors that influence fishers’ behaviour and to develop appropriate strategies to enhance compliance. However, much of this research, which draws on both rationalist and normative perspectives, has largely focussed on the industrial fisheries. Empirical research on the small-scale fisheries sector, therefore, has been lacking. The overall aim of this thesis has been to develop a conceptual framework for understanding and addressing small-scale fisheries compliance by drawing on experiences in South Africa. This has been achieved through a detailed investigation of two small-scale fisheries case studies, as well as a review of the small-scale fisheries sector generally. The findings from this research have emphasised the need to rethink ourunderstanding of fisheries compliance in the small-scale sector. By drawing onempirical evidence, as well as the literature review, a conceptual framework has beendeveloped that enhances existing compliance theory. This study highlights that anunderstanding of compliance behaviour first requires a critical analysis of how lawhas evolved, its history and the power dynamics that have shaped it. The conceptualframework further emphasises the need to understand compliance within a fisherysystem, acknowledging that social, economic, institutional and biophysical factors allimpact on whether or not fishers’ comply with rules and laws. By applying theconceptual framework to two case studies in South Africa, key drivers that influencefisher behaviour over time are identified and changes within the fishery system areanalysed and documented. This thesis has also contributed to fisheries compliancetheory by identifying the underlying principles that are seen as necessary to guide an alternative and more integrated approach to small-scale fisheries compliance. In addition to the principles of legitimacy and deterrence, which are incorporated into existing theories of compliance, this study emphasises that the principle of social justice is required to develop a more holistic approach to understanding and addressing small-scale fisheries compliance. By embracing these principles, it is argued that fisheries policies will shift away from a sole reliance on criminal justice to achieve compliance, to a more integrated approach that aims to sustain the fishery system as a whole. 2014-08-13T13:21:06Z 2014-08-13T13:21:06Z 2009 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6067 eng application/pdf Department of Environmental and Geographical Science Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Environmental and Geographical Science Hauck, Maria Rethinking small-scale fisheries compliance : from criminal justice to social justice |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Rethinking small-scale fisheries compliance : from criminal justice to social justice |
| title_full | Rethinking small-scale fisheries compliance : from criminal justice to social justice |
| title_fullStr | Rethinking small-scale fisheries compliance : from criminal justice to social justice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rethinking small-scale fisheries compliance : from criminal justice to social justice |
| title_short | Rethinking small-scale fisheries compliance : from criminal justice to social justice |
| title_sort | rethinking small scale fisheries compliance from criminal justice to social justice |
| topic | Environmental and Geographical Science |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6067 |
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