Beyond simply praising "Small is beautiful", it pays attention to the socio-economic role of small-scale fisheries, their survival conditions, the quality of life of the people who bear them, and the significance of their existence is explained as if it were a metaphor of "small in scale, big in value".
Moreover, it should be noted that the author's gaze toward them is extremely warm and sincere. Another feature of this book is that among the problems in the human society side, it focuses on "small-scale fishing" and discusses the lives, livelihoods, and happiness of these fishers and their families. This book focuses precisely on that and develops a unique analysis of systems, management systems, rules, and similar topics. In that sense, in order to solve the "problem of the sea", it is necessary to solve the "problem on the human society side" first. Overfishing, deterioration of the commons, pollution of the marine environment and coastal areas, the increase of ocean warming, the collapse of fisheries and local communities, and international conflicts over the oceans are all caused by "business" on the human side. In the past, a renowned marine forensic scientist pointed out that "most of the problems of the oceans are caused by problems on the human society side." I have always believed that this is the “word of truth" that pierces the essence of the fisheries and marine issues. Tamano Namikawa, as well as those who contributed to the short communication essays.Īs can be described from the title, "Life Above Water", this book focuses on the very human-social issues of fishers and fishers’ communities. I would like to express my deep respect to the translation authors Dr. Given the current trend of academics focusing on their own research and thesis writing rather than the translation of foreign books-for which, despite the effort it takes, little reward is given – this translation is a distinctive work that we rarely see anymore. With the translated book, we can imagine that the life of small-scale fisheries in Japan, above the water and on the land, will no longer be ignored. We are encouraged by the enthusiasm and the commitment by our colleagues in Japan who are, above all, spreading the words about small-scale fisheries, making them visible and their presence matter. We are truly grateful to Yinji Li and Tamano Namikawa of TBTI Japan, and all the contributors, for the Japanese version of the Life Above Water book. This effort helps increase the impact of our work, on the ground in the small-scale fisheries communities that the book talks about, and at the policy level where change can be initiated, along with all the necessary support to make small-scale fisheries viable and sustainable. The reason for the translation of the glossary is the same as with this book: we need to do more to make our work accessible to people who may not be familiar with the original language of the publication. The glossary is now being translated into many languages, including Japanese, which was done by TBTI Japan. The latter, in particular, offers a glossary of terms to talk about Blue Justice in a language that is easy to comprehend. This message is stated loud and clear in the follow-up publications: “Blue Justice: Small-Scale Fisheries in a Sustainable Ocean Economy” (2022 TBTI book in the Springer MARE Publication Series, edited by Jentoft, Chuenpagdee, Bugeja Said and Isaacs) “Interactive learning and governance transformation for securing Blue Justice for small-scale fisheries,” a paper by Jentoft and Chuenpagdee (2022) in Administration and Society, and “Blue Justice and the co-production of hermeneutical resources for small- scale fisheries”, by Arias Schreiber, Chuenpagdee, and Jentoft (2022) in Marine Policy. In fact, we have been arguing that there cannot be sustainable ocean economy without small-scale fisheries, given the prominent role they play in supporting livelihood, employment, and food and nutrition security to millions of people around the world, and considering their contribution to conservation and stewardship. The book serves as an important reminder, to policy makers and governments, as well as investors, that small-scale fisheries are not to be dismissed in the discussion about Blue Growth and Blue Economy.
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Since the publication of the book ‘Life Above Water’ by Professor Svein Jentoft in the TBTI Global E-book Series in 2019, we have been able to use it to call attention to the “upside” of small-scale fisheries.
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