SMALL-SCALE ARTISANAL FISHERS AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS IN ESTUARINE AND COASTAL WETLANDS

DANIELA M. TRUCHET; MARIA BELÉN NOCETI

The Bahia Blanca estuary ecology and biodiversity

Springer Nature

Año: 2021;

This chapter aims to build different ways of thinking the marine and estuarinespaces from an ontological perspective. Due to the extractive activities (i.e.petrochemical activities, large and industrial fisheries, among others) thatoften occur in coastal and estuarine systems, small-scale artisanal fishers areamong the most damaged and vulnerable collective. We propose that the BahíaBlanca Estuary (BBE) is a sacrificial territory and there are three territorialmoments that could help us to explain the environmental conflicts that arise inthis coastal area. These conflicts involve three different territorial moments:the ria, the port-petrochemical complex, and the protected areas. Eachof them has different actors with different conservation paradigms that tend toclash, making difficult to achieve consensual management goals for this complexecosystem. Finally, we suggest to re-think the actual management andconservation strategies that seem to have failed in conceiving locals?livelihoods and their knowledge. Specifically, we aim to build bridges inknowledge with small-scale artisanal fishers, towards the implementation ofdialogic strategies.