Navigating a sea of laws: small-scale fishing communities and customary rights in Ghana and South Africa

Anthea Christoffels-DuPlessis; Bolanle  Erinosho; Laura Major; Elisa Morgera; Jackie Sunde; Saskia Vermeylen

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-99347-4_18

Navigating a sea of laws: small-scale fishing communities and customary rights in Ghana and South Africa

Anthea Christoffels-DuPlessis, Bolanle Erinosho, Laura Major, Elisa Morgera, Jackie Sunde, Saskia Vermeylen

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After reflecting on the current status of international law and insights from studies on legal pluralism on the recognition of customary law, this chapter explores shared challenges and different approaches to ensuring the recognition of small-scale fishers' customary rights in Ghana and South Africa. The chapter concludes by drawing on international human rights law and international environmental law to identify procedural approaches to strengthen the protection for fishers' customary rights as a matter of implementation at the national level.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook of Blue Heritage
Editors	Rosabelle Boswell, David O'Kane, Jeremy Hills
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Pages	325-356
Number of pages	32
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030993474
ISBN (Print)	9783030993467
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99347-4_18
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 16 Jun 2022

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ocean economy
ocean policy
coastal management
ocean sustainability
sustainable oceans management

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Morgera, E., Baum, T., Cathcart, A., Clark, B., Da Lomba, S., Heath, M., Revie, M., Sindico, F., Switzer, S., Vermeylen, S., Webster, E. & Laverick, J.
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Christoffels-DuPlessis, A., Erinosho, B., Major, L., Morgera, E., Sunde, J., & Vermeylen, S. (2022). Navigating a sea of laws: small-scale fishing communities and customary rights in Ghana and South Africa. In R. Boswell, D. O'Kane, & J. Hills (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Blue Heritage (1 ed., pp. 325-356). Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99347-4_18

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Christoffels-DuPlessis A, Erinosho B, Major L , Morgera E, Sunde J, Vermeylen S. Navigating a sea of laws: small-scale fishing communities and customary rights in Ghana and South Africa. In Boswell R, O'Kane D, Hills J, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Blue Heritage . 1 ed. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2022. p. 325-356 Epub 2022 Jun 16. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-99347-4_18

Navigating a sea of laws: small-scale fishing communities and customary rights in Ghana and South Africa

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