Ibarra, Minerva Arce and Fitzmaurice, Fernanda and Mata, Miguel Angel Cisneros and Salas, Silvia and Romero, Maria Jose Espinosa and Valencia, Valeria Fernandez and Rivera Melo, Francisco Javier Fernandez and Diaz, German Ponce (2024) Legal and policy assessment of the implementation of the small-scale fisheries guidelines in Mexico: A baseline for blue justice. MARE Publication Series, vol 28 . Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-031-56716-2
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Despite a world consensus recognizing the economic, social, environmental, and cultural values of small-scale fisheries, Mexican fishers and their communities face vulnerability stemming from historical structural susceptibility, inequality, exclusion, and limited participation in policy and decision-making. The Blue Growth agenda positions oceans and ecosystems at the center of solutions to global environmental and social crises but fails to ensure equitable benefits for fishing communities. In contrast, Blue Justice and the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) call for the vindication of the fishing sector as a historical user of aquatic ecosystems and challenge the Blue Growth agenda through the lens of social justice. To advance the implementation of these initiatives, this chapter aims to (1) evaluate the alignment of Mexican laws and policies with respect to the SSF Guidelines and identify challenges associated with policy instruments and (2) propose lines of actions and reforms to advance the implementation of the SSF Guidelines and the inclusion of a Blue Justice approach in public policies in Mexico. To this end, we undertook a rapid appraisal based on a literature review and longitudinal analysis of the legal framework in Mexico. The results show that this framework offers moderate coherence of tenure rights, management, and climate change, incorporating diverse institutions to address resource management and policies. Nevertheless, there is a need to strengthen capacities and close gaps in gender, social rights, and decent work to improve fishers’ livelihoods, sustainable fisheries, and equitable conditions for the use of marine resources. Political will is needed to leverage these institutional arrangements and promote co-governance to implement the SSF Guidelines and undertake a Blue Justice approach in public policies. Mainstreaming the adoption of human rights-based approaches, the SSF Guidelines and Blue Justice can support such initiatives, while collaboration among civil society, academia, government, and fishers can encourage movement in this direction.
| Item Type: | Books |
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| Keywords: | Small-scale Fisheries, Mexico, Fishing Communities, Fisheries Policy, Sustainable Fisheries, Food Security, Marine Resources |
| Subjects: | SSF Guidelines |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2025 06:49 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2025 06:49 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22147 |
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