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Coastal management challenges from a community perspective: The problem of 'stealth privatization' in a Canadian fishery

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  • Wiber, Melanie G.
  • Rudd, Murray A.
  • Pinkerton, Evelyn
  • Charles, Anthony T.
  • Bull, Arthur

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Intertidal clam fisheries seem ideal candidates for the devolution of management authority from government to local stakeholders. In St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia, a private firm recently applied for a 10-year renewal of a large (1,627 ha) lease for quahog clam aquaculture. This case study examines the challenges of implementing community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in rural fisheries within a broad integrated coastal management (ICM) institutional environment that favours corporate stakeholders. The challenges facing clam harvesters in rural Digby Neck, Nova Scotia arise from poor communication and coordination within government and between government and communities, as well as higher-level policy conflicts. The most important challenge arises from 'stealth privatization' of clam beaches. A single firm was granted rights of first refusal to depurate all clams harvested from closed (polluted) beaches in the region, resulting in the de facto privatization of all (polluted and unpolluted) clam beaches. Experiences in other parts of Canada suggest there may be community-based governance approaches that avoid the pitfalls associated with corporate management of clam beaches. New thinking is required about how to moderate the 'privatization paradigm' so prevalent within senior levels of government in order to ensure environmental and social sustainability in rural fishing communities.

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  • Wiber, Melanie G. & Rudd, Murray A. & Pinkerton, Evelyn & Charles, Anthony T. & Bull, Arthur, 2010. "Coastal management challenges from a community perspective: The problem of 'stealth privatization' in a Canadian fishery," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(3), pages 598-605, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:marpol:v:34:y:2010:i:3:p:598-605
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    4. Pinkerton, Evelyn & Davis, Reade, 2015. "Neoliberalism and the politics of enclosure in North American small-scale fisheries," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 303-312.
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