Transformation of South African industrial fisheries |
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Authors: | Jesper Raakjær Nielsen Mafaniso Hara |
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Institution: | 1. Institute for Fisheries Management and Coastal Community Development (IFM), The North Sea Centre, 9850 Hirtshals, Denmark;2. Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), School of Government, University of the Western Cape, P/Bag X17, Bellville 7535, Republic of South Africa |
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Abstract: | South African industrial fisheries have been dominated by a few large companies. The Marine Living Resources Act (MLRA) of 1998 emphasised that equity was to be achieved by redistribution through co-operative strategies among stakeholders. Instead, the reallocation of fishing rights has been treated as a resource management issue rather than a socio-economic challenge. Further, the institutional structures for transformation have been inappropriate. This paper investigates the institutional dynamics and discrepancies associated with transformation and concludes that the process became locked in a path dependency, which will eventually undermine the intentions of transformation. |
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Keywords: | South African industrial fisheries Transformation Equity and redistribution Institutional dynamics and discrepancies |
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