From “noble” to “ugly” but “well-worked” fish—food morals in the Breton fish landings

Abstract

Fishing and fish consumption have historically been marked by criteria of social distinction. The historical inequalities between those who consume noble fish and those who consume other more popular fish tend to revolve around the question of the freshness of the product and the quality of the fisherman’s work, considered as a singular kind of artisan. The economic and ecological injunctions tend to still be linked to a capitalist grid of vision of the world, and this article aims at deconstructing them. I use ethnography to understand how food morals and food justice are at stake along the fish supply chain.

Food justice: processes, practices and perspectives

“…These changes validate our aim to take a further look at the conceptualisation of food justice, which, inevitably, we still consider as agrifood justice. The articles in this special issue contribute to this aim, and highlight the complexification of relations between food systems' various elements as well as in the way in which they are considered (Clouette, 2022;Darrot and Gallardo, 2022;Guillemin, 2022;Proust, 2022;Sosa Varrotti et al, 2022). The approach through complexity, and the introduction of nuances in agrifood justice thinking, was a wish expressed in the special issue's call for papers with its three ambitions.…”