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Blue Revolution or Red Herring? Fish Farming and Development Discourse in the Philippines
Author(s) -
Kelly Philip F.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
asia pacific viewpoint
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8373
pISSN - 1360-7456
DOI - 10.1111/apv.371003
Subject(s) - aquaculture , underpinning , herring , agriculture , government (linguistics) , fish <actinopterygii> , work (physics) , resource (disambiguation) , economic growth , fishery , geography , political science , economics , biology , archaeology , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , computer network , linguistics , philosophy , civil engineering
This paper argues that the discourses of development underpinning aquaculture as a development strategy are flawed because they neglect the impacts of fish farming on the local resource base and those social groups dependent upon it. The Philippine government has promoted aquaculture for over two decades, viewing it as a key component of national economic recovery. But field work in the Batan municipality of the Philippines reveals that the ‘common sense’ behind aquaculture is severely undermined when its effects on the physical environment and people in the vicinity of fishponds are examined.