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dc.contributor.authorCastillo, Rosa Cordillera A.de
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-16T14:49:00Zde
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-09T11:17:50Z
dc.date.available2015-03-09T11:17:50Z
dc.date.issued2011de
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/42189
dc.description.abstract"The population of a small island in the middle of Danajon Bank in the Philippines, one of the six double barrier coral reefs in the world, is reliant almost solely on the resources of the sea for their livelihood. From the twenty families who originally settled in the island during World War II, the population has now soared to more than 300 families. The dramatic increase in the population is due to the migration of fishers to the island because of compressor fishing, a dangerous and unsustainable fishing practice introduced in the 1980s that ushered in a period of affluence in the island. In recent years, however, the affluence has given way to prolonged periods of suffering. Dwindling catch due to overexploitation of resources, increasing price of basic commodities, and unfair market relations in which the fishers’ catch are bought at very low prices have made hunger and indebtedness a common experience. This is compounded in recent months by changes in the environment such as winds that have become stronger, stay longer, and become more frequent, and sea waters that rise more often than before. Life has become very difficult for the fishers and they are left with very little viable options for their livelihood, forcing them to confront their attitude that there is no other livelihood aside from compressing fishing. Many have decided to migrate and work in other parts of the country as helpers or construction workers and, in recent months, many more are planning to leave despite the high financial costs of doing so and the uncertainty that awaits them. These are some of the key findings of an ethnographic study conducted over a period of 2 and ½ months of fieldwork. The study was able to document the complex and dynamic relationships of environmental change, unsustainable fishing practice, and unfair market relations, and how these impel population movement in the context of a small fishing community that is highly vulnerable to changes in the environment and the operation of the market. In the case of these fishers, migration could be seen as a desperate survival strategy of a people who have very little real options." (authors abstract)en
dc.languageende
dc.subject.ddcWirtschaftde
dc.subject.ddcSozialwissenschaften, Soziologiede
dc.subject.ddcSocial sciences, sociology, anthropologyen
dc.subject.ddcEconomicsen
dc.subject.ddcÖkologiede
dc.subject.ddcEcologyen
dc.titleWhen fishing is no longer viable: environmental change, unfair market relations, and livelihood in a small fishing community in the philippinesde
dc.description.reviewbegutachtetde
dc.description.reviewrevieweden
dc.source.volume105de
dc.publisher.countryDEU
dc.publisher.cityBielefeldde
dc.source.seriesCOMCAD Working Papers
dc.subject.classozWirtschaftssektorende
dc.subject.classozEconomic Sectorsen
dc.subject.classozÖkologie und Umweltde
dc.subject.classozEcology, Environmenten
dc.subject.classozMigrationde
dc.subject.classozMigration, Sociology of Migrationen
dc.subject.thesozFischereide
dc.subject.thesozfisheryen
dc.subject.thesozKlimawandelde
dc.subject.thesozclimate changeen
dc.subject.thesozMarktmachtde
dc.subject.thesozmarket poweren
dc.subject.thesozLebensunterhaltde
dc.subject.thesozlivelihooden
dc.subject.thesozUngleichheitde
dc.subject.thesozinequalityen
dc.subject.thesozGleichgewichtde
dc.subject.thesozequilibriumen
dc.subject.thesozProduktionsverhältnissede
dc.subject.thesozrelations of productionen
dc.subject.thesozPhilippinende
dc.subject.thesozPhilippinesen
dc.subject.thesoznachhaltige Entwicklungde
dc.subject.thesozsustainable developmenten
dc.subject.thesozMigrationde
dc.subject.thesozmigrationen
dc.subject.thesozUmweltde
dc.subject.thesozenvironmenten
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-421898
dc.date.modified2012-11-30T10:12:00Zde
dc.rights.licenceDeposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitungde
dc.rights.licenceDeposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modificationsen
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dc.source.pageinfo24de
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dc.contributor.corporateeditorUniversität Bielefeld, Fak. für Soziologie, Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD)
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