Private Oceans : The Enclosure and Marketisation of the Seas
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| Title: | Private Oceans : The Enclosure and Marketisation of the Seas |
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| Description: | As the era of thriving, small-scale fishing communities continues to wane across waters that once teamed with (a way of) life, Fiona McCormack opens a window into contemporary fisheries quota systems, laying bare how neoliberalism has entangled itself in our approach to environmental management. Grounded in fieldwork in New Zealand, Iceland, Ireland and Hawaii, McCormack offers up a comparative analysis of the mechanisms driving the transformations unleashed by a new era of ocean grabbing. Exploring the processes of privatisation in ecosystem services, Private Oceans traces how value has been repositioned in the market, away from productive activities. The result? The demise of the small-scale sector, the collapse of fishing communities, cultural loss, and the emergence of a newly propertied class of producers - the armchair fisherman. Ultimately, Private Oceans demonstrates that the deviations from the capitalist norm explored in this book offer grounds for the reimagining of both fisheries economies and broader environmental systems. |
| Authors: | Fiona McCormack |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Fisheries, Fisheries--Economic aspects, Fisheries--Social aspects, Sustainable fisheries, Individual fishing quotas, Marine ecology, Pe^ches, Pe^ches--Aspect e´conomique, Pe^ches--Aspect social, Pe^ches durables |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General, NATURE / Natural Resources |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | As the era of thriving, small-scale fishing communities continues to wane across waters that once teamed with (a way of) life, Fiona McCormack opens a window into contemporary fisheries quota systems, laying bare how neoliberalism has entangled itself in our approach to environmental management. Grounded in fieldwork in New Zealand, Iceland, Ireland and Hawaii, McCormack offers up a comparative analysis of the mechanisms driving the transformations unleashed by a new era of ocean grabbing. Exploring the processes of privatisation in ecosystem services, Private Oceans traces how value has been repositioned in the market, away from productive activities. The result? The demise of the small-scale sector, the collapse of fishing communities, cultural loss, and the emergence of a newly propertied class of producers - the armchair fisherman. Ultimately, Private Oceans demonstrates that the deviations from the capitalist norm explored in this book offer grounds for the reimagining of both fisheries economies and broader environmental systems. |
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| ISBN: | 9780745399157 9780745399102 9781786801388 9781786801395 |
