Poverty Mosaics: Realities and Prospects in Small-Scale Fisheries

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jentoft, Svein (Editor), Eide, Arne (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Social sciences.; Sustainable Development.; Social Sciences, general.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

  Small-scale fisheries are a major source of food and employment around the world. Yet, many small-scale fishers work in conditions that are neither safe nor secure. Millions of them are poor, and often they are socially and politically marginalized. Macro-economic and institutional mechanisms are...