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Blue Economy: Splitting Hairs

There is no reason to wait for consensus on what is justice before we do something about injustice in small-scale fisheries. With the Blue Economy/Blue Growth now spreading around the world, I believe the issue of social justice for small-scale fisheries is an important and increasingly urgent issue, also for social research. We now have the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines), a landmark achievement when member-states of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) endorsed them in June 2014. I believe that if states do nothing to implement the guidelines, the Blue Economy will come at a loss to small-scale fisheries. Then the many injustices they have faced for so long will only exacerbate.

Title of publication: Samudra Report
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Issue: 83
ISSN: 0976-1121
Page range: 58-60
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Author: Svein Jentoft
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Organization: The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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Year: 2020
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Type: Journal article
Content language: English
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