Exploring corruption in fisheries |
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Authors: | Yifei Yan Adam Graycar |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics, London, WC2A 2AE UK;2. Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia |
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Abstract: | This paper explores corruption in global fisheries. While reducing corruption is critical for the effective management of the fisheries sector and the fulfilment of the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs, and SDGs14 and 16 in particular), to do so, it is necessary to first have a systematic and comprehensive understanding of what corruption is and how it is manifested in the sector. There is literature on illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing, but not much on corruption. The paper proposes an analytical framework and applies it with six revelatory cases to improve the conceptual clarity of corruption in fisheries. Specific corruption problems found in licensing, negotiating access agreements, lax enforcement, extortion, political corruption, money laundering and tax manipulation, human trafficking, etc. can therefore be better identified through this analysis, which lays a base for systematic responses to tackling corruption in fisheries and accordingly furthering the sustainable development of the sector. |
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Keywords: | corruption fisheries IUU fishing SDGs sustainable development TASP framework |
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