Formal versus informal institutions: Extraction and earnings in framed field experiments with small-scale fishing communities in Turkey

Ertör-Akyazı, Pınar

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103673

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“…In Yucatan’s fisheries, there has always been a certain degree of informality or even illegal fishing and trading activities like in most small-scale fisheries around the world [ 4 , 7 , 18 , 21 – 23 , 27 , 44 , 45 ]. But in the case of Yucatan, these activities have developed under a certain level of social acceptance and without causing as much negative socioeconomic impacts as the sea cucumber fishery.…”

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“…This is because formal and informal institutions are always interdependent in order to operate with a complementary nature [ 46 ]. Furthermore, this parallel organization supported by formal and informal organizational interactions seems to be the way most fisheries are governed in Yucatan and in other parts of the world [ 4 , 18 , 21 , 22 , 52 ]. However, the levels of corruption, the increasing pressure for overfishing, the patterns of informal trading and the weakness of informal institutions seem to be part of the informal institutions that characterize most of the sea cucumber fisheries around the world provoking the boom and bust cycles and affecting the sustainability of the fishery [ 23 , 25 – 28 , 30 – 34 , 52 – 55 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Informal institutions might be established by fishers themselves when they have the opportunity to devise their own rules. There are cases demonstrating how informal institutions can have a positive impact on fisheries management if fishers are able to change social norms in a way that promotes sustainable use of marine resources [17], and have the appropriate mechanisms to ensure participation and control of the resource base [18]. Furthermore, several studies have found a positive effect of communication on cooperative fisher behavior towards resource sustainability [18][19][20].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Consequently, fisheries are governed by both formal and informal institutions, they exist in parallel and sometimes they overlap, contradict, or are complementary and dependent of formal governmental regulations [ 4 , 17 , 18 , 21 , 22 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Ungovernable systems: The strength of informal institutions in the sea cucumber fishery in Yucatan, Mexico

Pedroza-Gutiérrez

López-Rocha

2021

PLoS ONE

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Formal and informal institutions govern fisheries around the world. Yucatan’s sea cucumber fishery is not an exemption, the sudden and fast development of the fishery in 2010 has motivated the creation of informal and illegal forms of organization. The prices, buyers’ interest and the fishing effort substantially increased, being followed by illegal fishing-fishers and traders, creating informal fishing-trade channels and severe social and biological concerns. This article aims to give account of the emergence and dynamics of the informal institutions which currently dominate this fishery. It was sought to identify the extent to which rules and regulations are not being respected and how they are affecting fish resources and coastal communities. We considered the case of the port of Sisal, Yucatan, Mexico to illustrate our argument and here we applied a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methodologies including informal and in-depth interviews applied to 17 key informants, a questionnaire applied to 47 fishers and an estimation of the degree of compliance from three of the main management measures. Socio-biological negative impacts were identified in Yucatan’s coastal communities and its fisheries. Foreign buyers and local middlemen exert high pressure on fishers to exceed the quota and catch the highest possible volumes facilitating the fisheries decline. This and the growing economic interest motivated the development of strong informal institutions supporting illegal fishing and informal trade. Social problems emerged and women were particularly affected. The economic power of the fishery is likely to overcome any type of governance structure. The enforcement of entry rules was not effective, so the governance base was around informality and illegal actions. Local and foreign buyers are exerting pressure to increase the catch volume thus it is recommended that rules and regulations be directed at buyers and exporting companies rather than at fishers.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Ungovernable systems: The strength of informal institutions in the sea cucumber fishery in Yucatan, Mexico

Pedroza-Gutiérrez

López-Rocha

2021

PLoS ONE

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“…According to Xia et al [33], environmental regulations can influence farmers' behavior directly as well as indirectly through social norms. Ertor-Akyazi [43] concluded that social norms can change the decision-making environment of fishers by providing cues about socially acceptable desirable behaviors, so economic incentives designed to target small-scale fisheries will have more impact on their behavior. According to the literature and the analysis in Section 2.3, those environmental regulations could influence farmers' CFRBs through social norms.…”

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The Impact of Environmental Regulations and Social Norms on Farmers’ Chemical Fertilizer Reduction Behaviors: An Investigation of Citrus Farmers in Southern China

Cui

Liu

2022

Sustainability

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This study investigates how environmental regulations and social norms affect farmers’ chemical fertilizer reduction behaviors (CFRBs) and investigates the mediating role played by social norms and the moderating role played by social networks. As the analysis tool, a structural equation model is employed to analyze the data collected from a questionnaire survey with 402 valid samples of Chinese citrus growers. This study reveals that (1) environmental regulations and social norms have a significant effect on farmers’ CFRBs; (2) injunctive social norms are a partial mediator of the relationship between incentive-based environmental regulations and farmers’ CFRBs; (3) social networks play a positive moderating role in the relationship between injunctive social norms and farmers’ CFRBs; and (4) large-scale farmers’ CFRBs are more susceptible to the impact of environmental regulations and social norms than small-scale farmers. The result of this study provides a significant scientific foundation for the Chinese agricultural sector to develop policies to combat soil pollution in agriculture.

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Interventions for sustainable livelihoods: a review of evidence and knowledge gaps

Kumar

Sengupta

Gogoi

2022

IJSE

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PurposeThe concept of sustainable livelihoods – commonly understood as managing of means of living without undermining natural resources – has gained momentum in international development discourse. This review focuses on broadening of conceptualisation of policy intervention process for sustainable livelihoods approach and synthesis of evidence to track development in their knowledge structure.Design/methodology/approachEvidence available in the literature systematically reviewed with the established methods and themes of interest are curated, to assess the characteristics, mechanisms and caveats arising in policy and practice.FindingsThe authors found seventy-five independent studies that fit into the pre-specified research protocol and objectives. The authors classify these studies into six major themes: Economic wellbeing; Opportunities and capabilities; Climate and natural resources; Policy design; Formal-informal institutional environment; and Labour, entrepreneurship and exports. Various research gaps and directions for future research are also discussed.Research limitations/implicationsThe study provides a typology of reviewed literature examining the profile dynamics. Thematic analysis resulted into identifying complementarities and trade-offs and results demonstrate multiple heterogeneity in structures, processes and outcomes.Originality/valueThe definitive areas of interventions are discussed to broaden the utility of the concept in a structured way. This review paper brings a comprehensive view of livelihood intervention system and contribute in enriching the social policy perspective.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-06-2022-0402

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Formal versus informal institutions: Extraction and earnings in framed field experiments with small-scale fishing communities in Turkey

Cited by 6 publications

References 66 publications

Ungovernable systems: The strength of informal institutions in the sea cucumber fishery in Yucatan, Mexico

Ungovernable systems: The strength of informal institutions in the sea cucumber fishery in Yucatan, Mexico

The Impact of Environmental Regulations and Social Norms on Farmers’ Chemical Fertilizer Reduction Behaviors: An Investigation of Citrus Farmers in Southern China

Interventions for sustainable livelihoods: a review of evidence and knowledge gaps

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