Blue justice: A review of emerging scholarship and resistance movements
The term “blue justice” was coined in 2018 during the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress. Since then, academic engagement with the concept has grown rapidly. This article reviews 5 years of blue justice scholarship and synthesizes some of the key perspectives, developments, and gaps. We then c...
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| author | Jessica L. Blythe David A. Gill Joachim Claudet Nathan J. Bennett Georgina G. Gurney Jacopo A. Baggio Natalie C. Ban Miranda L. Bernard Victor Brun Emily S. Darling Antonio Di Franco Graham Epstein Phil Franks Rebecca Horan Stacy D. Jupiter Jacqueline Lau Natali Lazzari Shauna L. Mahajan Sangeeta Mangubhai Josheena Naggea Rachel A. Turner Noelia Zafra-Calvo |
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| description | The term “blue justice” was coined in 2018 during the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress. Since then, academic engagement with the concept has grown rapidly. This article reviews 5 years of blue justice scholarship and synthesizes some of the key perspectives, developments, and gaps. We then connect this literature to wider relevant debates by reviewing two key areas of research – first on blue injustices and second on grassroots resistance to these injustices. Much of the early scholarship on blue justice focused on injustices experienced by small-scale fishers in the context of the blue economy. In contrast, more recent writing and the empirical cases reviewed here suggest that intersecting forms of oppression render certain coastal individuals and groups vulnerable to blue injustices. These developments signal an expansion of the blue justice literature to a broader set of affected groups and underlying causes of injustice. Our review also suggests that while grassroots resistance efforts led by coastal communities have successfully stopped unfair exposure to environmental harms, preserved their livelihoods and ways of life, defended their culture and customary rights, renegotiated power distributions, and proposed alternative futures, these efforts have been underemphasized in the blue justice scholarship, and from marine and coastal literature more broadly. We conclude with some suggestions for understanding and supporting blue justice now and into the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b521b29f8f974a9287b28273936b4f1a2023-05-12T11:18:23ZengCambridge University PressCambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures2754-72052023-01-01110.1017/cft.2023.4Blue justice: A review of emerging scholarship and resistance movementsJessica L. Blythe0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7604-6046David A. Gill1Joachim Claudet2Nathan J. Bennett3Georgina G. Gurney4Jacopo A. Baggio5Natalie C. Ban6Miranda L. Bernard7Victor Brun8Emily S. Darling9Antonio Di Franco10Graham Epstein11Phil Franks12Rebecca Horan13Stacy D. Jupiter14https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9742-1677Jacqueline Lau15Natali Lazzari16Shauna L. Mahajan17Sangeeta Mangubhai18Josheena Naggea19Rachel A. Turner20Noelia Zafra-Calvo21Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, CanadaDuke University Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USANational Center for Scientific Research, PSL Université Paris, CRIOBE, CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Maison de l’Océan, Paris, FranceThe Peopled Seas Initiative, Vancouver, BC, Canada People and the Ocean Specialist Group, Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland EqualSea Lab, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, SpainAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, AustraliaSchool of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USASchool of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, CanadaDuke University Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USANational Center for Scientific Research, PSL Université Paris, CRIOBE, CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Maison de l’Océan, Paris, FranceMarine Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY, USADepartment of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Center, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo, Palermo, ItalySchool of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CanadaInternational Institute for Environment and Development, London, UKDuke University Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USAMelanesia Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Suva, FijiAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia WorldFish, Batu Maung, Malaysia College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University, QLD, AustraliaNational Center for Scientific Research, PSL Université Paris, CRIOBE, CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Maison de l’Océan, Paris, France Vicerectorat de Recerca, Universitat de Barcelona, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585, 08007 Barcelona, Spain Cross-Research in Environmental Technologies (CRETUS), Department of Applied Economics, University of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, SpainWWF Global Science, Washington, DC, USATalanoa Consulting, Suva, FijiStanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Charles Telfair Centre, Charles Telfair Campus, Moka 80829, MauritiusEnvironment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Cornwall, UKBasque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, Leioa, SpainThe term “blue justice” was coined in 2018 during the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress. Since then, academic engagement with the concept has grown rapidly. This article reviews 5 years of blue justice scholarship and synthesizes some of the key perspectives, developments, and gaps. We then connect this literature to wider relevant debates by reviewing two key areas of research – first on blue injustices and second on grassroots resistance to these injustices. Much of the early scholarship on blue justice focused on injustices experienced by small-scale fishers in the context of the blue economy. In contrast, more recent writing and the empirical cases reviewed here suggest that intersecting forms of oppression render certain coastal individuals and groups vulnerable to blue injustices. These developments signal an expansion of the blue justice literature to a broader set of affected groups and underlying causes of injustice. Our review also suggests that while grassroots resistance efforts led by coastal communities have successfully stopped unfair exposure to environmental harms, preserved their livelihoods and ways of life, defended their culture and customary rights, renegotiated power distributions, and proposed alternative futures, these efforts have been underemphasized in the blue justice scholarship, and from marine and coastal literature more broadly. We conclude with some suggestions for understanding and supporting blue justice now and into the future.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2754720523000045/type/journal_articleenvironmental justicesmall-scale fisheriesblue economyblue growthcoastal futures |
| spellingShingle | Jessica L. Blythe David A. Gill Joachim Claudet Nathan J. Bennett Georgina G. Gurney Jacopo A. Baggio Natalie C. Ban Miranda L. Bernard Victor Brun Emily S. Darling Antonio Di Franco Graham Epstein Phil Franks Rebecca Horan Stacy D. Jupiter Jacqueline Lau Natali Lazzari Shauna L. Mahajan Sangeeta Mangubhai Josheena Naggea Rachel A. Turner Noelia Zafra-Calvo Blue justice: A review of emerging scholarship and resistance movements Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures environmental justice small-scale fisheries blue economy blue growth coastal futures |
| title | Blue justice: A review of emerging scholarship and resistance movements |
| title_full | Blue justice: A review of emerging scholarship and resistance movements |
| title_fullStr | Blue justice: A review of emerging scholarship and resistance movements |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blue justice: A review of emerging scholarship and resistance movements |
| title_short | Blue justice: A review of emerging scholarship and resistance movements |
| title_sort | blue justice a review of emerging scholarship and resistance movements |
| topic | environmental justice small-scale fisheries blue economy blue growth coastal futures |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2754720523000045/type/journal_article |
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