Unethical power Europe? Something fishy about EU trade and development policies

Gegout, Catherine

doi:10.1080/01436597.2016.1176855

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“…Moreover, fish is also vital for the economic empowerment of women, who make up 73 per cent of those involved in fisheries in Nigeria (UNCTAD, 2017). It follows that threats to the economic security, in the form of reduced catch, can lead to persistent poverty and unemployment in coastal communities (Pomeroy, 2010;UNCTAD 2017a;Gegout, 2016;Okafor-Yarwood, 2019) thus undermining the "freedom from fear" and "freedom from want" components of their human security.…”

Section: Fish and Human Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Cyclical Nature of Maritime Security Threats: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing as a Threat to Human and National Security in the Gulf of Guinea

Okafor‐Yarwood

2020

African Security

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Analyses of [maritime] security issues have long focused on threats to the nation-state, thereby promulgating traditional state-centric security policies and practices. The preceding claim is valid for maritime security responses on the African continent, where piracy/armed robbery at sea has been met with robust regional and international interventions, and resulted in two UN resolutions and regional policies. Focusing primarily on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, this paper seeks to highlight the centrality of human security issues to national security by providing evidence of the cyclical relationship between the two; anything that undermines human security, explicitly threatens national security. Utilising evidence from Nigeria, the paper critiques the tendency to ignore the individual as the referent object of security.

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Section: Fish and Human Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Cyclical Nature of Maritime Security Threats: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing as a Threat to Human and National Security in the Gulf of Guinea

Okafor‐Yarwood

2020

African Security

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“…62). These initially questionable agreements have evolved over the years to comply with the needs of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) but also in response to critiques of fairness, equity and sustainability (Gagern and van den Bergh 2013; Le Manach et al 2013;Gegout 2016). As a result, over time the EU has adapted its agreements with coastal countries both in the presentation and the contents.…”

Section: The Anchoring Of Sustainable Tuna Fisheries In Fisheries Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

The paradox of sustainable tuna fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean: between visions of blue economy and realities of accumulation

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For many coastal nations in the western Indian Ocean (WIO), and notably the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles, the tuna fishery is considered one of the main pillars of economic development, providing jobs and substantial revenues whilst ensuring food security. But these fisheries are also an illustration of the paradox behind the idea of the blue economy, where economic growth and sustainable use of resources are promoted as jointly achievable. We show that a sustainability narrative, in which the idea of fishing within ecological limits is present within government policy, public discourse and practices, is however, in contradiction with the realities of accumulation and growth that prevail in the fishery. When measures towards ecological preservation are to be taken, geopolitics of access to the sea and tuna enter the stage and change the position and narrative of the same actors, governments and industrial actors, that promote sustainability. We emphasize the difficult and nearly impossible path of practicing sustainability in the current model of growth-driven tuna fisheries. We argue for the need to repoliticize the practice of sustainability through the questioning of what we see in tuna fisheries: a hegemonic narrative of sustainability and implicit growth, without positive socio-ecological transformations.

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“…Many African countries are not only suffering from the neoliberal reforms launched by their own, often corrupted, states in cooperation with Western global organizations, but also from the unequal "agreements" forced on them. For example, agreements between the European Union (EU) and many African countries have resulted in the destruction of traditional life for many people in local communities, in various forms of exploitation of local resources, and have created economic and social problems in those countries (Alder & Sumaila, 2004;Gegout, 2016;Jönsson & Kamali, 2012). Such interventions have in many cases negative consequences for local fishery communities and destroys their traditional living conditions.…”

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Overfishing, social problems, and ecosocial sustainability in Senegalese fishing communities

Jönsson

2019

Journal of Community Practice

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This study explores living conditions of people in Senegalese fishing communities in relation to environmental change and unregulated fishing by foreign boats, weakening local opportunities and increasing forced migration of youth, creating problems for the future development of local fishery communities. It employs a postcolonial perspective and analyzes data collected through interviews with individuals from Senegalese fishing communities, social workers and relevant documents. The results show local reactions based on alliances between social workers and local community members to overfishing and the need for national and global structural changes. It is argued that EU's fishing agreements with Senegalese government is one of the reasons behind youths' forced migration to EU countries and that the betterment of the living conditions of fishery communities in Senegal requires not only already emerging alliances between social workers and local community members, but also national and global structural changes to protect Africa's fishing communities and local fisheries.

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Unethical power Europe? Something fishy about EU trade and development policies

Cited by 21 publications

References 38 publications

The Cyclical Nature of Maritime Security Threats: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing as a Threat to Human and National Security in the Gulf of Guinea

The Cyclical Nature of Maritime Security Threats: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing as a Threat to Human and National Security in the Gulf of Guinea

The paradox of sustainable tuna fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean: between visions of blue economy and realities of accumulation

Overfishing, social problems, and ecosocial sustainability in Senegalese fishing communities

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