Review of the causes of the rise of the illegal South African abalone fishery and consequent closure of the rights-based fishery

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dc.contributor.authorRaemaekers, Serge
dc.contributor.authorHauck, Maria
dc.contributor.authorBurgener, Markus
dc.contributor.authorMackenzie, Angus
dc.contributor.authorMaharaj, Genevieve
dc.contributor.authorPlagányi, Éva E
dc.contributor.authorBritz, Peter J
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-16T09:55:27Z
dc.date.available2016-05-16T09:55:27Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2016-04-25T10:16:36Z
dc.description.abstractThe rise of organised illegal fishing and trade in abalone from the late 1990s destabilised South Africa’s historically stable, quota-managed fishery, culminating in its closure in 2008. The development of the fishery is described in a historical context, including the evolution of South Africa’s science-based abalone fishery management system. The diverse suite of responses deployed to combat illegal fishing and the black market trade in abalone are reviewed, including;- fishery reform to expand rights to a greater number of previously disadvantaged fishers, a territorial user rights fishery (TURF) system, special compliance operations and courts, the CITES listing of abalone, and the serial reduction in the TAC, culminating in the controversial and legally contested closure of the fishery. The main causes of the rise of the illegal fishery are diagnosed as 1) the massive increase in the abalone price that occurred in the 1990s triggering an abalone fishing “gold-rush” and 2) the failure of the post-Apartheid fishery reform process to accommodate many traditional fishers in a legal fishing rights framework resulting in them operating outside the formal fishery management system. By contextualising the abalone fishery as a complex system, embedded in South Africa’s socio-political setting, we show how the resource focussed fishery management system did not have the capacity to incorporate the powerful social, political and economic drivers determining fisher behaviour. We conclude with the need to revisit South Africa’s abalone fishery management paradigm, and argue that a more integrated governance approach is required that takes into account the biological, socio-political and economic factors determining the fishery activities.en_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.02.001
dc.identifier.apacitationRaemaekers, S., Hauck, M., Burgener, M., Mackenzie, A., Maharaj, G., Plagányi, É. E., & Britz, P. J. (2011). Review of the causes of the rise of the illegal South African abalone fishery and consequent closure of the rights-based fishery. <i>Ocean and Coastal Management</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19664en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRaemaekers, Serge, Maria Hauck, Markus Burgener, Angus Mackenzie, Genevieve Maharaj, Éva E Plagányi, and Peter J Britz "Review of the causes of the rise of the illegal South African abalone fishery and consequent closure of the rights-based fishery." <i>Ocean and Coastal Management</i> (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19664en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRaemaekers, S., Hauck, M., Bürgener, M., Mackenzie, A., Maharaj, G., Plagányi, É. E., & Britz, P. J. (2011). Review of the causes of the rise of the illegal South African abalone fishery and consequent closure of the rights-based fishery. Ocean & Coastal Management, 54(6), 433-445.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0964-5691en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Raemaekers, Serge AU - Hauck, Maria AU - Burgener, Markus AU - Mackenzie, Angus AU - Maharaj, Genevieve AU - Plagányi, Éva E AU - Britz, Peter J AB - The rise of organised illegal fishing and trade in abalone from the late 1990s destabilised South Africa’s historically stable, quota-managed fishery, culminating in its closure in 2008. The development of the fishery is described in a historical context, including the evolution of South Africa’s science-based abalone fishery management system. The diverse suite of responses deployed to combat illegal fishing and the black market trade in abalone are reviewed, including;- fishery reform to expand rights to a greater number of previously disadvantaged fishers, a territorial user rights fishery (TURF) system, special compliance operations and courts, the CITES listing of abalone, and the serial reduction in the TAC, culminating in the controversial and legally contested closure of the fishery. The main causes of the rise of the illegal fishery are diagnosed as 1) the massive increase in the abalone price that occurred in the 1990s triggering an abalone fishing “gold-rush” and 2) the failure of the post-Apartheid fishery reform process to accommodate many traditional fishers in a legal fishing rights framework resulting in them operating outside the formal fishery management system. By contextualising the abalone fishery as a complex system, embedded in South Africa’s socio-political setting, we show how the resource focussed fishery management system did not have the capacity to incorporate the powerful social, political and economic drivers determining fisher behaviour. We conclude with the need to revisit South Africa’s abalone fishery management paradigm, and argue that a more integrated governance approach is required that takes into account the biological, socio-political and economic factors determining the fishery activities. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Ocean and Coastal Management LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 SM - 0964-5691 T1 - Review of the causes of the rise of the illegal South African abalone fishery and consequent closure of the rights-based fishery TI - Review of the causes of the rise of the illegal South African abalone fishery and consequent closure of the rights-based fishery UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19664 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19664
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRaemaekers S, Hauck M, Burgener M, Mackenzie A, Maharaj G, Plagányi ÉE, et al. Review of the causes of the rise of the illegal South African abalone fishery and consequent closure of the rights-based fishery. Ocean and Coastal Management. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19664.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentMarine Resource Assessment and Management Groupen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
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dc.sourceOcean and Coastal Managementen_ZA
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dc.titleReview of the causes of the rise of the illegal South African abalone fishery and consequent closure of the rights-based fisheryen_ZA
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