[HTML][HTML] Transboundary research in fisheries

AM Song, J Scholtens, J Stephen, M Bavinck… - Marine Policy, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Spatial boundaries have become an indispensable part of regimes and tools for regulating
fisheries, with examples including marine protected areas, regional fisheries management …

Lessons for legal pluralism: investigating the challenges of transboundary fisheries governance

J Scholtens, M Bavinck - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Transboundary fisheries have complex legal plural arrangements.•Improving
horizontal and vertical linkages is important but not sufficient.•Power imbalances and …

[HTML][HTML] The elusive quest for access and collective action: North Sri Lankan fishers' thwarted struggles against a foreign trawler fleet

J Scholtens - International Journal of the Commons, 2016‏ - thecommonsjournal.org
The purpose of this paper is to further the understanding of how unequal access to
commons is (re) produced and contested. I do so by looking into the thwarted struggle of …

The Political Ecology of Palk Bay Fisheries: Geographies of Capital, Fisher Conflict, Ethnicity and Nation‐State

A Menon, M Bavinck, J Stephen, R Manimohan - Antipode, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Indian trawl fishers in the Palk Bay regularly engage in cross‐border fishing to the detriment
of Sri Lankan artisanal fishers whose nets are irreparably damaged. Increasing tension …

Transdisciplinary engagement to address transboundary challenges for small-scale fishers

J Scholtens, AM Song, J Stephen, CG Chavez… - … for small-scale fisheries …, 2019‏ - Springer
Small-scale fisheries and their governance are increasingly affected by natural, social, and
political issues that originate outside their immediate control and locality. This chapter …

Transforming conflicts from the bottom-up? Reflections on civil society efforts to empower marginalized fishers in postwar Sri Lanka

J Scholtens, M Bavinck - Ecology and Society, 2018‏ - JSTOR
We analyze the efforts of an international consortium of academics and activists to
understand and address a transnational fisheries conflict in South Asia. The so-called …

Limits to the governability of transboundary fisheries: implications for small-scale fishers in Northern Sri Lanka and beyond

J Scholtens - Interactive governance for small-scale fisheries: Global …, 2015‏ - Springer
Transboundary fisheries are a worldwide phenomenon that has considerable impact on
small-scale fisheries. This chapter explores governability problems of transboundary …

[کتاب][B] Fishing in the Margins: North Sri Lankan Fishers' Struggle for Access in Transboundary Waters

J Scholtens - 2016‏ - pure.uva.nl
There are many people I would like to thank for their support in hel** me finish this
dissertation. First of all a deep sense of gratitude and appreciation goes to Prof. Maarten …

A place to live and fish: Relational place making among the trawl fishers of Palk Bay, India

J Stephen - Ocean & coastal management, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Abstract In Palk Bay (India), fishing is intrinsically tied to a complex and dynamic geo-
political situation. The trawl fishers from India are finding it increasingly difficult to operate in …

Fluid territories: Rethinking state territorialisation in Palk Bay, South Asia

J Stephen, A Menon - Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian …, 2016‏ - Taylor & Francis
The study objective was to gain a better understanding of the transboundary fishing conflict
between Indian trawl fishers and Sri Lankan small-scale fishers in Palk Bay using a …