France: Crashing the Blue Party
Confronted with plans for an offshore wind farm, the fishers of the Bay of Saint Brieuc in France are clamouring for their rights to be respected and guaranteed. It is important to highlight that the millions of people who, to this day, still rely on ocean space for their lives and livelihoods—specifically, small-scale fishers—have, for the most part, not been invited to the blue party. This poses very tricky political questions for fisher movements and allies. Some are trying to arrange an invitation into the blue economy, believing that this is the surest way to secure rights to their fishing grounds. Others, however, are more sceptical, having witnessed how the blue growth agenda pushes small-scale fishers into an impossible corner.”
Title of publication: Samudra Report
Issue: 84
ISSN: 0976-1121
Nombre de pages: 24-27
Auteur: Alain Le Sann
Organisation: The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Année: 2020
Pays: France
Type: Article de revue spécialisée
Texte intégral disponible à l'adresse: https://www.icsf.net/images/samudra/pdf/english/issue_84/4486_art_Sam_84_art05_France_Alain.pdf
Langue: English