Coastal Lives: Nature, Capital, and the Struggle for Artisanal Fisheries in Peru

by Maximilian Viatori and Héctor Andrés Bombiella Medina

Book Overview

Peru's fisheries are in crisis as overfishing and ecological changes produce dramatic fluctuations in fish stocks. To address this crisis, government officials have claimed that fishers need to become responsible producers who create economic advantages by taking better care of the ocean ecologies they exploit.

In Coastal Lives, Maximilian Viatori and H ctor Bombiella argue that this has not made Peru's fisheries more sustainable. Through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816542392
• ISBN13: 9780816542390
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.