Co-management of fisheries through a negotiation lens: The case of prud’homies

Yazdan Soltanpour (1, 2, 3) , Iuri Peri (2) , Leila Temri (1, 3)

1 Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
2 Unict - Università degli studi di Catania = University of Catania
3 UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs

While the European Union’s fishing policy is mainly based on maximum sustainable yield, at the local fishing community level, fishers’ main incentive to sustain fish stocks appears to be maintenance of social relationships. Divergence of the stakeholders’ objectives on the management of marine resources creates conflicts of interest that can be overcome through a process of negotiation. The formulation of the solution is embedded in the perspective of the stakeholders. In this paper we analyze the negotiation mechanisms between the French Mediterranean local fishing communities and the European Union common fishery policy. Inspired by interactive governance theory, the performance of Prud’homies, a local governance entity in the French Mediterranean, has been analyzed through their capacity to cooperate and represent the fishers’ voice in formal institutes. We are witnessing a declining representation of this local institute among the official decision-makers of the marine resource governance.

Mots clés: participation; voice; local fihing community; interactive governance; marine fisheries; governance

Mots clés: pêche maritime; gouvernance; participation; voix

Domaines: Gestion et management

Yazdan Soltanpour, Iuri Peri, Leila Temri. Co-management of fisheries through a negotiation lens: The case of prud’homies. Maritime Studies, 2020, 19 (2), pp.167-178. ⟨10.1007/s40152-020-00165-3⟩. ⟨hal-02491206⟩