Fish Commoditization
Sustainability Strategies to Protect Living Fish
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20360746 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mimi E Lam (0000-0003-2399-9809, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Tony J Pitcher (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-40 |
| Publication date | 2012-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Science Technology & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0270-4676 • E-ISSN: 1552-4183 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0270467612444583 |
| OpenAlex | W2027896208 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 40 |
The impacts of early fishing on aquatic ecosystems were minimal, as primitive technologies were used to harvest fish primarily for food. As fishing technology grew more sophisticated and human populations dispersed and expanded, local economies transitioned from subsistence to barter and trade. Expanded trade networks and mercantilization led to surplus catches becoming tradable commodities. Today, global export fish commodities, including fresh, frozen, cured, and canned fish, are valued at over US$ 100 billion, but commoditization loses the ecological imperative, with overfishing the result. To sustain global fisheries, human and ecosystem relationships with living fish need to be valued, as fish landed for both food and profit. Toward this end, we propose two decommoditization strategies: (a) valuing cultural property, the intergenerational relationships of people to places, in environmental policy and (b) instituting social subsidies that reward or enable local communities to cooperate in sustaining aquatic living resources, such as with marine protected areas
Agriculture · Barter · Biology · Business · Commoditization · Economics · Fish · Fishery · Fishing · Natural resource economics · Overfishing · Subsidy · Subsistence agriculture · Sustainability · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Marine and fisheries research · Ecology
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |