Marisquadoras of the Shellfish Revolution: The Rise of Women in Co-management on Illa de Arousa, Galicia
1995; University of Arizona; Volume: 2; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2458/v2i1.20129
ISSN1073-0451
Autores Tópico(s)Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
ResumoThis paper explores connections between macro-structural changes and local fisheries management on Illa de Arousa, Ria de Arousa, Galicia, Spain to understand political ecology. It examines the political rises of marisquadoras (women shellfishers) in the "shellfishing revolution." This revolution was not in technology, but in management and marketing resulting from infrastructural development. The community responded by resurrecting the cofradía (local fisheries association), to create a bureaucartized form of co-management with the Galician government. The historical convergence of marcostructural changes and local culture facilitated marisquadoras’ inclusion in comanagement and creation of a local ethnic of conservation.
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