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Constraints and Opportunities for Small‐Scale Fishing Livelihoods in a Post‐Productivist Coastal Setting
Author(s) -
Salmi Pekka
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sociologia ruralis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.005
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-9523
pISSN - 0038-0199
DOI - 10.1111/soru.12095
Subject(s) - livelihood , tourism , fishing , corporate governance , scale (ratio) , adaptation (eye) , environmental resource management , geography , business , psychological resilience , resource (disambiguation) , biodiversity , resilience (materials science) , diversity (politics) , commercial fishing , natural resource , natural resource economics , environmental planning , fishery , agriculture , political science , ecology , economics , law , psychotherapist , computer network , archaeology , computer science , optics , biology , psychology , thermodynamics , physics , cartography , finance
In many E uropean areas, recent transitions in rural development can be described as a shift from an emphasis on food production to a diversity of new forms of natural resource utilisation. This shift towards post‐productivism is characteristic to many coastal areas, where commercial fisheries try to adapt their strategies with other activities, interests and ideologies, such as the protection of biodiversity, leisure use and tourism. This article analyses opportunities and governance arrangements that support commercial fishers' adaptation within a post‐productivist setting, focusing on the A rchipelago S ea region in southwest F inland. Relying on interview, survey and documentary material, the case‐study recognises new forms of multifunctional activities that enhance the viability and resilience of coastal communities and also deliver benefits to the environmental and leisure sectors.