Coastal transitions: Small-scale fisheries, livelihoods, and maritime zone developments in Southeast Asia. (April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fabinyi, Michael; Belton, Ben; Dressler, Wolfram H.; Knudsen, Magne; Adhuri, Dedi S.; Abdul Aziz, Ammar; Akber, Md. Ali; Kittitornkool, Jawanit; Kongkaew, Chaturong; Marschke, Melissa; Pido, Michael; Stacey, Natasha; Steenbergen, Dirk J.; Vandergeest, Peter
• Is Part Of: Journal of rural studies. Volume 91(2022)
• Page Start: 184
• Page End: 194
• Publication Date: 2022-04
• Subjects: Small-scale fisheries -- Coastal livelihoods -- Southeast Asia -- Agrarian change -- Maritime; Sociology, Rural -- Periodicals; Country life -- Periodicals; Rural development -- Periodicals; Land use, Rural -- Planning -- Periodicals; Rural conditions -- Periodicals; Sociologie rurale -- Périodiques; Vie rurale -- Périodiques; Développement rural -- Périodiques; Sol, Utilisation agricole du -- Planification -- Périodiques; Conditions rurales -- Périodiques; Country life; Land use, Rural -- Planning; Rural conditions; Rural development; Sociology, Rural; Periodicals; 307.72
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.02.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0743-0167

Abstract

Abstract: Across Southeast Asia, coastal livelihoods are becoming more diverse and more commodified, as maritime zone developments intensify. We review literature from the ten maritime states in Southeast Asia to assess how older and emerging forms of maritime zone developments influence the viability of small-scale fishing livelihoods. Applying a political economy lens to small-scale fisheries and maritime zone developments at regional scale, we show how small-scale fisheries persist as a significant coastal livelihood activity across the region, despite declining opportunities due to long-term intensification of fisheries exploitation. The paper further analyses the ways in which newer maritime zone developments, including aquaculture, land reclamation, special industrial zones, and tourism interact with fishing, and are reconfiguring coastal livelihoods in the region. Key trends that small-scale fishers and coastal communities must negotiate include deepening commodification, worsening environmental degradation, loss of access to fishing grounds, and an intensifying 'squeeze' on coastal space. Highlights: Critically reviews maritime zone developments in Southeast Asia. Examines livelihood impacts on small-scale fisheries. Commodification, environmental degradation, and coastal squeeze increase vulnerability.