Pineiro, Marta (2021) Artisanal fishers of Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, confronting asymmetries of power and rights in the management of a Protected Area.
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Although Argentina has a huge maritime platform, its citizens do not usually identify themselves with the sea but rather feel part of an almost exclusively agricultural and livestock country. Thus, artisanal marine fisheries are scarcely developed compared to other Latin American countries. Artisanal fishing in Peninsula Valdes is an exception, with an origin that dates back to more than 3,000 years, practiced using rudimentary techniques and tools by the original Tehuelche settlers. At present, three fishing modalities exist which employ at least 120-130 fishers: beach seining, coastal gathering of mollusks and shellfish diving, all of which require a fishing permit issued by the provincial Fisheries Secretariat. Beach seining originated with the Italian and Spaniard immigrants who established in Puerto Madryn in the early1990s, bringing their fishing expertise with them. They made their boats and nets, and provided fresh fish to the residents of the port area. Currently it is carried out by teams of 2-4 fishers who use a beach net between 70-120 m long and a small fiberglass or wooden rowing boat. The manual gathering of octopus and mussels (among others) is a tough, commercial and subsistence activity that originated in 1920-1930 in San Matias Gulf, Rio Negro Province, and expanded to San José Gulf, Peninsula Valdes in the mid1950s. Shellfish hooka diving originated as an environmentally friendly alternative to dredging which was banned after San Jose Gulf was declared a Provincial Marine Park in 1974.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Artisanal Fisheries, Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, Marine Fisheries, Livestock |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2025 08:01 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2025 08:01 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21499 |
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