Exploring corruption in fisheries

Yifei Yan; Adam Graycar

doi:10.1111/1477-8947.12201

Exploring corruption in fisheries

Yifei Yan
, Adam Graycar

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	176-190
Number of pages	15
Journal	Natural Resources Forum
Volume	44
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12201
Publication status	Published - 20 Jul 2020
Externally published	Yes

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This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

UN SDGs

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 15 Life on Land
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

corruption
fisheries
IUU fishing
SDGs
sustainable development
TASP framework

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