Getting into fishing: Recruitment and social resilience in North Norfolk's ‘Cromer Crab’ Fishery, UK

White, Carole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7741-0444 (2015) Getting into fishing: Recruitment and social resilience in North Norfolk's ‘Cromer Crab’ Fishery, UK. Sociologia Ruralis, 55 (3). 291–308. ISSN 0038-0199

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Abstract

The intergenerational continuity of fishing communities is a growing concern for the sustainability of small-scale fisheries around Europe. This is exemplified through the case of an English crab fishery where young people are being encouraged into fishing through funded training programmes with limited success. Opportunities for work have declined, most notably through a reduction in crew size to save costs. Interviews with fishermen of different ages are explored using access theory to elucidate how the social reproduction of fishing has changed. This shows how the agency of young aspiring fishermen is increasingly constrained by regulatory and financial factors. Improved social and spatial mobility among fishing families mean that recruitment into the fishery through a father-to-son pathway is increasingly uncommon. Youngsters from non-fishing families face additional financial and relational barriers. Funded courses alone cannot provide a solution. A holistic approach to rural coastal development is required to build social resilience in fishing communities across Europe faced with similar problems.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Global Environmental Justice University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2015 00:02
Last Modified:	14 Jun 2023 12:12
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/55624
DOI:	10.1111/soru.12101

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