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Too Big To Ignore – A Transdisciplinary Journey

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While the concerns and challenges affecting fisheries today are applicable to both large- and small-scale fisheries, neither the impacts nor the solutions to address the problems are the same for both sectors. A large amount of research, particularly from social science studies, has helped enhance our understanding about small-scale fisheries and revealed several nuances that need to be considered in management and governance efforts. Compiling the existing information and bringing the researchers together to identify knowledge gaps in small-scale fisheries is the critical first step initiated by the Too Big To Ignore (TBTI) – Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research. Elevating the profile of small-scale fisheries, addressing their marginalization, and promoting their viability and sustainability are major goals of TBTI that cannot be achieved only by researchers. A partnership approach is, therefore, taken to foster collaboration between researchers and fishers’ associations, civil society organizations, environmental groups, and governments at all levels in the identification of the problems, as well as in the search for solutions and opportunities. This chapter presents an overview of the transdisciplinary journey that TBTI has taken.

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  1. Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada

    Ratana Chuenpagdee

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada

    Ratana Chuenpagdee

  2. Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

    Svein Jentoft

Appendix 2.1

Appendix 2.1

1.1 List of TBTI Book Volumes, E-book Publications and Journal Special Issues

Title

Editors

Publisher

Year

# of case study countries by region

ASO

AFR

EUR

LAC

NAM

Enhancing Stewardship in Small-Scale Fisheries: Practices and Perspectives

Patrick McConney, Rodrigo Pereira Medeiros, Maria Pena

E-publication: TBTI and CERMES

2014

1

1

1

7

1

Interactive Governance for Small-Scale Fisheries: Global Reflections

Svein Jentoft, Ratana Chuenpagdee

Springer MARE Publication Series

2015

9

5

6

11

2

Inter-Sectoral Governance of Inland Fisheries

Andrew M. Song, S.D. Bower, Paul Onyango, S.J. Cooke, Ratana Chuenpagdee

TBTI Publication Series (E-book)

2016

5

2

2

0

0

The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: Global Implementation

Svein Jentoft, Ratana Chuenpagdee, María José Barragán-Paladines, Nicole Franz

Springer MARE Publication Series

2017

9

7

7

9

1

Social wellbeing and the values of small-scale fisheries

Derek Johnson, Tim Acott, Natasha Stacey, Julie Urquhart

Springer MARE Publication Series

2018

5

0

1

1

0

Viability and Sustainability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Latin America and Caribbean

Silvia Salas, María José Barragán-Paladines, Ratana Chuenpagdee

Springer MARE Publication Series

2018

0

0

0

14

0

The Meaning of Small: Diverse Values of Small-Scale Fisheries

Mirella de Oliveira Leis, Ratana Chuenpagdee

TBTI Publication Series (E-book)

2018

7

4

4

4

2

TOTAL

  

138

36

19

21

56

6

  1. Notes: ASO (Asia-Pacific); AFR (Africa); EUR (Europe); LAC (Latin America and the Caribbean); NAM (North America, i.e. Canada and US); CERMES (Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies)

Special Issues

  • Medeiros RP, McConney P, Serafini TZ (eds) (2014) Enhancing ecosystem stewardship in small-scale fisheries. Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente 32 (10 papers)

  • Pinkerton E, Davis R (eds) (2015) Neoliberalism and global small-scale fisheries. Marine Policy 80:1–176 (18 papers)

  • Gasalla MA, de Castro F (eds) (2016) Enhancing stewardship in Latin America and Caribbean small-scale fisheries. Maritime Studies Thematic Series 15(15):1–119 (8 papers)

Forthcoming Book

  • Pascual Fernández JJ, Pita CB, Bavinck JM (eds) Small-scale fisheries in Europe: status, resilience and governance. Springer MARE Publication Series (26 country studies)

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Chuenpagdee, R. (2019). Too Big To Ignore – A Transdisciplinary Journey. In: Chuenpagdee, R., Jentoft, S. (eds) Transdisciplinarity for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance. MARE Publication Series, vol 21. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94938-3_2

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