Governing sustainable seafood / Peter Oosterveer and Simon Bush.

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Governing seafood: an introduction; Global seafood trends; Capture fisheries' production; Aquaculture production; Trade and consumption; Sustainability problems in global seafood provision; Fisheries' sustainability; Aquaculture sustainability; Cross-cutting sustainability issues; Governing seafood provision; Seafood and social sciences; Outline of the book; Notes; References; Part I Understanding sustainable seafood

2 Understanding sustainable seafood governanceIntroduction; From government to governance in managing seafood provision; What is this thing called governance?; Transitions in global seafood governance; Selected themes in governance research; Legitimacy in global sustainability governance; Public-private interaction; Market-based seafood governance?; Conclusions on governance; Governing chains and networks; Global value chains; Networks and flows; Social movements; Towards a new understanding of the sustainable seafood movement; References; 3 The global dynamics of sustainable seafood

IntroductionGeographies of capture fisheries' production; Geographies of aquaculture production; Social geographies of seafood sustainability; Global and local; Public and private; Inclusion/exclusion; Divergence and convergence; Conclusion; Note; References; Part II Governing sustainable seafood; 4 Public regulation of fisheries and aquaculture; Introduction; National governments and the management of seafood provision; Government regulation; Fisheries' co-management; National governments and the management of aquaculture; The emergence of national standards

Transnational management of fisheries and seafood provisionRegional fisheries' management organisations; The World Trade Organization and seafood trade; The World Trade Organization and fisheries' subsidies; Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; Discussion and conclusions; Notes; References; 5 Governing seafood through markets; Introduction; Creating market-based change; Demand driving supply; From boycotts to buycotts; Labelling and certification schemes; Fisheries' certification; Aquaculture certification; Governments and private voluntary initiatives; Producers and labels

The seafood industry, retailers and labelsConsumers and labels; Discussion and conclusions; Notes; References; 6 Beyond labelling: alternative approaches to seafoodsustainability; Introduction; 'Alternative' market-based approaches; Improvement projects; The rise of national standards; Fair Trade fish; Organic fisheries and aquaculture; Traceability; Sustainability partnerships; Seafood pledges; Benchmarking; Pre-competitive collaborations; Lifestyle approaches; Slow Fish movement; Celebritisation of seafood; Community-supported fisheries; Resource-based approaches

Taking a social science approach, this book explores the governance of sustainable seafood, which is fundamental to food and nutrition security as well as being an important source of income and employment in many regions. Due to the importance of protein and other fishery and aquaculture by-products, many wild fisheries are coming under pressure, and this increasing demand has created a strong driver to expand aquaculture. As a result, the social and environmental sustainability of these production systems have come into question. The authors of the book explore the governance of sustainable seafood, taking into account the rise of social movements through environmental non-governmental organisations, the nature and perceived limits of government regulation within and beyond the state, and the promise of market-based approaches to governance such as ecolabelling. The book focuses on how concern over sustainable seafood has been translated into different current forms of governance. It then assesses what alternative governance approaches are starting to emerge that combine movements, states and markets for sustainable seafood production and consumption, and their effects. The book concludes with a vision for the future through key principles for evaluating the collective impact of governing sustainable seafood. This timely volume will be key reading for researchers interested in fisheries and aquaculture governance, as well as coastal and marine policies and sustainable food movements more broadly. It will also be of interest to practitioners and policymakers engaged in creating fishery policies and sustainable fishery development.

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