From Seascapes of Extinction to Seascapes of Confidence

<p>From Seascapes of extinction to seascapes of confidence. <em>Territorial Use Rights in Fisheries in Chile: El Quisco and Puerto Oscuro</em> by Gloria Gallardo Fernandés is an important contribution to our understanding of the multifaceted challenges underlying sustainable solutions to ecological fisheries, the book describes how, in Chile, indiscriminate harvest of the edible shellfish <em>Concholepas concholepas</em> (false abalone or Loco), has been threatening not only the living of small-scale artisan fishers but also the ecosystem. In an attempt to strengthen the fishers’ livelihoods and at the same time recuperate the fish, the Chilean government introduced the regulatory measure: Management and Exploitation Areas for Benthic Resources (MEABRs), locally known as Management Areas (MAs) and internationally as Territorial Use Rights in Fisheries (TURFs). </p> <p>Part I. Fisheries: Between the Global and the Local</p><p>Chapter 1: The study setting</p><p>Chapter 2: Fishing management and property rights: a conceptual framework</p><p>Part II. Chilean Fisheries and the Management and Exploitation Areas for Benthic Resources</p><p>Chapter 3: Chile’s coast and fisheries legal and policy framework</p><p>Chapter 4: Industrial and artisanal fishing landing in Chile</p><p>Chapter 5: Loco fishery and the Management Areas</p><p>Part III. Seascapes of Conflict, Seascapes of Confidence: The Case Studies</p><p>Chapter 6: Puerto Oscuro: the seascape of conflict</p><p>Chapter 7: El Quisco: The seascape of hope</p><p>Chapter 8: From Seascape of extinction to seascape of confidence</p>