1. Adaptive business arrangements and the creation of social capital: Towards small‐scale fisheries resilience in different European geographical areas
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James Kirwan, Gianluca Brunori, Daniele Vergamini, Fabio Bartolini, Paolo Prosperi, Damian Maye, George Vlahos, Emi Tsakalou, Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) (UMR MoISA), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM), Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), University of Pisa - Università di Pisa, Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM), Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM), Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, Francis Close Hall Campus, Swindon Road, Cheltenham GL50 4AZ, UK, Agricultural University of Athens, Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara (DOCPAS), Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Università degli Studi di Ferrara = University of Ferrara (UniFE), European Project: 635577,H2020,H2020-SFS-2014-2,SUFISA(2015), and Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
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0106 biological sciences ,new business models ,Sociology and Political Science ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,GRECE ,Economica ,UNITED KINGDOM ,Social capital ,Order (exchange) ,PECHE ARTISANALE ,ITALIE ,Primary producer ,GB ,primary producers ,GE ,DURABILITE ,[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance ,GF ,ARTISANAL FISHERIES ,TRADE AGREEMENTS ,Scale (social sciences) ,Sustainable management ,ITALY ,Small-scale fisheries resilience ,EUROPE ,ROYAUME UNI ,Fishing ,Socio-culturale ,ACCORD COMMERCIAL ,Competition (economics) ,SUSTAINABILITY ,institutional arrangements ,GREECE ,G1 ,14. Life underwater ,SH ,INSTITUTION ,CAPITAL SOCIAL ,Resilience (network) ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Non- productivism ,Ambientale ,RESILIENCE ,Fishery ,New business model ,non-productivism ,Economic sustainability ,Institutional arrangement ,[SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies ,Business - Abstract
International audience; European small-scale fisheries are confronted with several challenges, notably a decrease in the number of people engaged in capture fishing, growing competition from less expensive extra-EU markets, rising operational costs, strict regulations and the depletion of fishing stocks. Many small-scale fishers must adapt to change to maintain or increase their income using different business strategies. In this respect, we argue that new and diversified institutional arrangements combined with building social capital can help reach long-term economic sustainability for small-scale fisheries businesses, as well as the social-ecological resilience of coastal areas. In order to understand and analyse the multiplicity of strategies applied by small-scale fishers – including expansion towards non–productivist activities – this paper examines the role of new institutional arrangements based on small-scale, traditional, quality-orientated, multifunctional business strategies, as well as non-fishing activities. Using a case study approach, we analyse – in three different European fishery contexts (Greece, Italy, and the UK respectively) – how the interplay between building adaptive arrangements and the creation of social capital in selected small-scale fisheries provides relevant prerequisites for resilience.
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- 2021