Situating human rights in the context of fishing rights - contributions and contradictions
Song, Andrew M., and Soliman, Adam (2019) Situating human rights in the context of fishing rights - contributions and contradictions. Marine Policy, 103. pp. 19-26.
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Abstract
Human rights have become a salient topic in fisheries governance. There is an increasing call to operationalize human rights principles in management practices. Enthusiastically, human rights-related language has proliferated in policy texts and academic discourses, but seldom with precise understanding. This deficiency can create confusion and conflation on-the-ground, and is likely nowhere more pertinent than at the intersection of human rights and fishing rights with both converging on the application of rights. By applying a legal, applied perspective, this paper advances two aims. First, it distinguishes and clarifies key terms involved in a human rights-based approach, including human right, customary fishing right and constitutionally protected right to fish. Secondly, it exposes dilemmas that can arise when human rights and fishing rights are brought together in situations of rights allocation, that is, universality of human rights vs. exclusivity of fishing rights; rights versus attendant duties; prioritizing amongst competing human-cum-fishing rights; and individual vs. communal rights. Together, we submit that the human rights-based approach to fisheries will be most effective when a human rights-based approach is used to support (1) communal fishing rights rather than individual rights, assuming the community strives to ensure the basic dignity of all members by distributing fishing rights in a manner consistent with human rights principles, and (2) the fishing rights of small-scale fisheries against those of larger industrial fleets, rather than using it between two small-scale fishing groups. We illustrate these essential clarifications by drawing on contemporary examples from the Global South and North.
| Item ID: | 58142 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 0308-597X |
| Keywords: | Aboriginal fishing right; equality; individual transferable quota; social justice; small-scale fisheries; tenure right |
| Copyright Information: | © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. |
| Funders: | Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Australian Research Council |
| Projects and Grants: | ACIAR grant FIS/2016/300, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2019 07:43 |
| FoR Codes: | 48 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES > 4807 Public law > 480703 Domestic human rights law @ 30% 48 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES > 4802 Environmental and resources law > 480204 Mining, energy and natural resources law @ 30% 30 AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND FOOD SCIENCES > 3005 Fisheries sciences > 300505 Fisheries management @ 40% |
| SEO Codes: | 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9607 Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards > 960701 Coastal and Marine Management Policy @ 50% 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9504 Religion and Ethics > 950403 Environmental Ethics @ 20% 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9504 Religion and Ethics > 950407 Social Ethics @ 30% |
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