Fishing for fairness : poverty, morality and marine resource regulation in the Philippines / Michael Fabinyi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fabinyi, Michael, author.

Series:

Asia-Pacific environment monograph ; 7.

Asia-Pacific Environment Monograph ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishers--Philippines.

Fishers.

Marine resources conservation--Government policy--Philippines.

Marine resources conservation.

Philippines.

Philippines--Calamian Group.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, Australia : ANU E Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fishing for Fairness develops a cultural perspective on environmental politics in the Philippines by analysing the responses of fishers to marine resource regulations. In the resource frontier of the Calamianes Islands, fishing, conservation and tourism provide the context where competing visions of engagement with marine resources are played out.

Contents:

Preliminary; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Plates; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Selected Tagalog Glossary; 1. Introduction: Fishing for Fairness; 2. Resource Frontiers: Palawan, the Calamianes Islands and Esperanza; 3. Economic, Class and Status Relations in Esperanza; 4. The 'Poor Moral Fisher':Local Conceptions of Environmental Degradation, Fishing and Poverty in Esperanza; 5. Fishing, Dive Tourism and Marine Protected Areas; 6. Fishing in Marine Protected Areas: Resistance, Youth and Masculinity

7. The Politics of Patronage and Live Fish Trade Regulation 8. Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 28, 2016).

ISBN:

9781921862656

1921862653

OCLC:

848080751

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_459237