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Who should certify the sustainability of our fisheries? A property rights perspective on ecolabelling

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14271/
https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/118/10/1496.pdf
 
Title Who should certify the sustainability of our
fisheries? A property rights perspective on
ecolabelling
 
Creator Ramachandran, C
Shinoj, P
 
Subject Fisheries management
Fish and Fisheries
 
Description Ecolabelling as a tool to ensure sustainability in the seafood value chain is gaining popularity in
recent times. As a market-led intervention, ecolabel-enabled fishery certification rides on the willingness
of the ecologically concerned seafood consumer to pay a premium price for the fish harvested
from a sustainable fishery on the one hand, and the sensitivity of the multinational food
chain fraternity to the reputational risks associated with the food they deal with, on the other. The
market opportunity arising from this scenario is effectively harnessed by third-party certification
agencies that assess the sustainability of a fishery and certifies it for a fee. However, analysing the
existing scenario through the lens of the political economy behind property rights, this article
argues that the entry of non-state entities in the ecolabelling business is not without problems which
the state should be concerned about.
 
Publisher Current Science Association
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14271/1/Current%20Science_2020_C%20Ramachandran_Who%20should%20certify%20the%20sustainability_Ecolabelling.pdf
Ramachandran, C and Shinoj, P (2020) Who should certify the sustainability of our fisheries? A property rights perspective on ecolabelling. Current Science, 118 (10). pp. 1496-1499.