The dynamics and sustainability of Ambon’s smoked tuna trade

Dried fish at the intersection of food science, economy, and culture: A global survey

“…Research exploring cultural heritage value has tended to focus primarily on European products, such as surstromming (Swedish fermented herring [ Clupea harengus , Clupeidae]), whose consumption helps construct a traditional rural identity in opposition to modern, urban values (Nygaard, 2019); and the above‐mentioned bacalhau , which is embedded in collective identity narratives and may be seen as a form of cultural capital (Arvela, 2013; Pires, 2015; Xie et al, 2013). A related approach takes dried fish as part of foodways, systems of culturally significant practices through which identity is negotiated through local foods, such as fermented fish in Thailand (Lefferts, 2005) or smoked tuna in Indonesia (Hayward & Mosse, 2012).…”

“…A varied set of publications originating mainly from the fields of anthropology and geography address the social dynamics of markets with a predominant focus on the Global South. Important themes covered include fish vendors’ livelihoods and the political ecology of fish marketing in Namibia (Abbott et al, 2007, 2015); the changing social organization of fishing and fish marketing in Zambia (Imai, 1985, 1998); the impacts of globalization on the fisheries of Lake Victoria and associated changes in social relations and market power in the value chain for dried small fish (Medard et al, 2014, 2019); the influence of socio‐political and cultural forces on “foodways” involved in the smoked tuna trade in Ambon, Indonesia (Hayward & Mosse, 2012); the role of migration in dried fish marketing around Lake Lindu, Sulawesi (Acciaioli, 2000); and the role of social capital in the formation of Norwegian fish processing clusters (Fløysand & Jakobsen, 2001).…”

Informal governance through patron–client relationships and destructive fishing in Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia

“…This recognition of the role of people in the environment and vice versa presents a remedy to the 'classic' environmental conservation approach of seeking to remove humans from the environment. By seeking to bypass the tension that can exist between local human and environmental needs (see, for example, Hayward and Mosse, 2012), this latter approach risks privileging the metropolitan and urban experience at the expense of rural and peripheral society. 'Classic' approaches to conservation also posit an ideal state for the ecosystem absent human intervention, which -though perhaps partially achievable at an ultra-local scale -ignores the wider flows of capital, labour, power, and pollution that threaten the sustainability of even the best cordoned-off nature reserves and marine protection areas.…”