Work Below Water: The role of scuba industry in realising sustainable development goals in small island developing states

Nisa, Zahidah Afrin; Schofield, Clive; Neat, Francis

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104918

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“…However, at the macro-policy level, SIDS continue to face multiple political barriers within the global ocean governance regimes where politics direct decisions on the global fisheries trade as discussed by Avelino et al (2016), Patterson et al (2017), and Blythe et al (2021). Nisa et al (2022) discussed this in the case of SIDS leadership at the 2017 Oceans Conference, which advocated for SDG 8 and SDG 14 interlinkages within the blue economy. However, ILO decent work governance remains isolated from many decisions within the UN ocean governance structures and institutions (Rudolph et al, 2020).…”

Section: Call For Competent Marine and Diving Industry Authorities An...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…UNCTAD (2014) extended this discussion in relation to a multilateral fishery policy for SIDS. The relationship between the SIDS' blue economy and the SDGs is further discussed by Nisa et al (2022) and Natuva (2021) concerning maritime security and marine safety at sea.…”

Section: Sids Policy Priorities Via Blue Economy and Sdgsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While Le Blanc (2015) provided a political mapping of SDG 14.7 linked with SDG 8, a conceptual policy framework at the macro level has been lacking in the SDG framework for integrated policy-making in the case of islands' small-scale fisheries labour force. Nisa et al (2022) made timely contributions via a macro-level policy framework based on the ILO decent work domain (SDG 8) as the primary driver of islands to bring practical changes to their underwater workforce for SDG 14, including for dive fishers. In Figure 1, the arrows show the relationships, i.e., the interlinkages and interdependencies, where actions to achieve one SDG target is interdependent on another and, if not linked, can hinder the achievement of the other targets and the overall goal.…”

Section: Sids Policy Priorities Via Blue Economy and Sdgsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The commercial small-scale fisheries trade has become a central part of blue economic development plans of small island developing states (UNOC, 2017). Development in the small-scale fisheries sector is interdependent on the underwater workforce-for example, dive fishers whose diving-specific occupational needs are often hidden or under-regarded (Nisa et al, 2022). For years, tropical island nations have taken note of the significant economic contribution of diving fishers to national development in the context of trade in wildlife fishery products, much of which is transnational.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Given island governments' policy-level labour concerns relating to dive fishers' occupational fatalities in the commercial fisheries trade, how can SIDS governments prepare labour and social protection policies for dive fishers when they persistently face difficulty in accessing diver training needs, such as underwater technology, engineering, and maritime safetysupport? In a recent publication, Nisa et al (2022) discussed the challenges SIDS government policymakers face in getting access to dive industry-specific skills and training strategies and cooperating development partners. Based on the interlinked problems mentioned above, this paper identifies policy gaps that hinder labour and social protection and skills building for dive fishers in Fiji Islands beche-de-mer and the Bahamas lobster fishery development projects.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Island governments have made decent work and social protection their highest policy priority, aiming to link them to the so-called blue economy sectors such as fisheries. The development of small-scale commercial fishing is primarily driven by transnational fisheries trade and depends on dive fisher labour force facing issues with deficits in decent work, health and safety, and safety at sea provisions. Given the macro-policy priorities for decent work in the transition of small island developing states (SIDS) to blue economy, this paper examines the development interventions in small-scale commercial fisheries trade that have exacerbated unsafe marine working conditions of dive fishers. Despite significant investments in developing commercial fisheries trade, the mismatch between macro-level decisions and micro-level labour needs has hardly been explored via the blue economy and sustainable development goal interlinkages. This study used a qualitative research approach to examine the unsafe working conditions of dive fishers and examined why dive-related accidents and fatalities occur in commercial fisheries in the first place. A systematic approach in the analysis of diving accidents helps the study to, firstly, highlight the gaps between macro policy and practice at the national and global levels. Secondly, the approach helps explore the need for a coherent approach to policy integration that bridges the gap between the macro and operational levels of small-scale fisheries labour force. The study analyses the International Labour Organization’s decent work instruments with SIDS sustainable development priorities for fisheries workforce and points out that governments must be responsible at the macro level for managing accidents at sea and building a safe diving workforce through competent marine and diving authorities.

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