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The Blue Economy in Ghana : = Industrialisation, Contestation and Impacts on Small-Scale Fisheries.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Blue Economy in Ghana :/
Reminder of title:	Industrialisation, Contestation and Impacts on Small-Scale Fisheries.
Author:	Ayilu, Raymond Kwojori.
Description:	1 online resource (231 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-06, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International85-06B.
Subject:	Ethics. -
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ISBN:	9798381034349

The Blue Economy in Ghana : = Industrialisation, Contestation and Impacts on Small-Scale Fisheries.
Ayilu, Raymond Kwojori.

The Blue Economy in Ghana :Industrialisation, Contestation and Impacts on Small-Scale Fisheries. - 1 online resource (231 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-06, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Technology Sydney (Australia), 2023.

Includes bibliographical references

The 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development promoted the notion of the 'blue economy' for ocean governance and development, which supports economic growth, resource stewardship, social equity, and inclusiveness. Small-scale fisheries are vital to the ocean economy, but they are often obscured by competing interests in the blue economy. Recent research on small-scale fisheries in the blue economy focuses on equity and justice, with few empirical analyses on the connections and even less on the impact on small-scale fisheries value chains as a whole. This thesis examines the relationships between small-scale fishing and the blue economy in Ghana using political ecology and sustainable livelihood approaches. The thesis reviewed multilateral and academic works and interviewed small-scale fisheries actors, nongovernmental organisations, and government officials in Ghana. Firstly, the research shows how global high-level strategic policy documents, geopolitical discussions, and negotiations frame the blue economy in a way that downplay small-scale fisheries. Secondly, the findings of the research demonstrate from the empirical data how blue economy aspirations for maritime fishing in Ghana promote industrial-scale fisheries in ways that marginalise small-scale fisheries value chains. Multiple assemblages of power that transcend the concerns of competition over scarce resources to encompass additional dimensions of active exclusion - such as law, politics, and social and economic organisation - enable industrial fisheries to access local coastal fisheries and penetrate local small-scale value chains in Ghana. Moreover, the findings show that industrial fishing has created overcapacity and a decline in fish stocks, ruined fishing gear, and weakened the market systems and value chain positions of small-scale processors and traders, thus impacting multiple dimensions of livelihoods. In addition, this has resulted in conflicts, social isolation, disconnection, and compromised women's social identity in fishing communities. Thirdly, the findings demonstrate that Ghana's coastal port developments exclude small-scale fishers, as small-scale fishing players faced major obstacles in gaining access to fishing livelihoods in the port communities. The findings show that the growth-oriented goals of port expansions and port security measures have restricted fishing communities' access to coastal fishing spaces and caused congestion in the canoe bays of Ghana's fishing harbours. In addition, the urbanisation around the ports has impacted fishers' ability to meet the rising cost of living in fishing communities with fishing incomes. The study shows how local authorities are in contention with fishers for coastal space in the ongoing new port development, labelling fishers as illegal squatters and regularly evicting them and demolishing their structures.In conclusion, as small-scale fishing continues to be one of Ghana's most important sources of livelihood and income in most coastal communities, it is unclear whether the blue economy will create significant benefits for them, thus their future remains an open question. Policymakers must examine the linkages between specific blue economy initiatives and coastal livelihoods, as opposed to examining their economic benefits through total output (i.e. GDP). The thesis concludes with a set of recommendations aimed at ensuring inclusion and sustainability, outlining ways to optimise a more socially equitable form of blue economy governance.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798381034349Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Ethics.
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