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Interactive Governance for Small-Scale Fisheries pp 339–357Cite as

Scaling-up Small-Scale Fisheries Governability Through Marine Protected Areas in Southern Brazil

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This chapter investigates governing interactions at the Baleia Franca Environmental Protection Area (Santa Catarina state, South Brazil) as an example of new opportunities and challenges to scale-up small-scale fisheries governability through Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Previous studies on MPAs in Brazil highlight the innovative aspects of these governing systems such as their well-functioning, active, and progressive management councils. We describe the increasing response of the governing system to fisheries issues that are largely aligned with governance paradigms of collaboration and social learning. Despite all efforts and some notable accomplishments in responsiveness and performance, we point out the challenges related to the mismatch between the governing system and the systems-to-be-governed that hinders fishers’ political agency and limits small-scale fisheries governability at broader territorial levels. We identify and analyse the wicked problems faced by actors engaged in processes of transformation in coastal-marine governance and provide suggestions for improving governability.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    “…[to] protect, in Brazilian waters, the Southern Right Whale ( Eubalaena australis ), organize and guarantee the rational use of regional natural resources, organize the occupation and use of water and land, organize recreational and touristic use, activities of research and the traffic of boats and airplanes.” (Federal Decree IBAMA, 2000 No 14, Art.1; our translation).

  2. 2.

    For a detailed analysis of the ‘transgressive approach’ see Gerhardinger (2014).

  3. 3.

    Fishing accords are defined in Brazil as ‘...the body of specific measures derived from consensual treaties amongst diverse fishing resource users and management agency in a geographically defined area’ (IBAMA IN No 29/2002).

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    Social relations between “patrons” (rich, powerful and influential elites) and “clients” (poorest and powerless) in which the former provides jobs, protection, infrastructure, and other benefits in exchange of votes and various forms of loyalty (Johnson 2010; Basurto et al. 2013).

  5. 5.

    Brazilian Fisheries Code – Law N° 11.959, June/2009.

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    Leopoldo Cavaleri Gerhardinger & Cristiana Simão Seixas

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    Fabio de Castro

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Gerhardinger, L.C., de Castro, F., Seixas, C.S. (2015). Scaling-up Small-Scale Fisheries Governability Through Marine Protected Areas in Southern Brazil. In: Jentoft, S., Chuenpagdee, R. (eds) Interactive Governance for Small-Scale Fisheries. MARE Publication Series, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17034-3_18

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