The patchwork of blue justice: A review of Climate Change, Small-Scale Fisheries and Blue Justice

Abstract

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In Climate Change, Small-Scale Fisheries, and Blue Justice, author Sunil Santha crafts a poetic and powerful narrative grounded in the ‘patchy epistemologies’ of small-scale Fishers across India and the Indian Ocean region (in this review, I capitalize ‘Fish,’ ‘Fishers,’ and ‘Nature’ in alignment with Santha’s style). While these Fishers constitute the majority of the global fisheries workforce and play a critical role in sustaining coastal food security, they are marginally represented in policy and governance. Weaving together case studies, ethnographic accounts, and theoretical insights, Santha illustrates how their eco-social worlds are being reshaped under an increasingly globalizing food system and warming climate. This book critiques reductive climate solutions and sustainable intensification narratives while offering alternative, justice-oriented frameworks that center on the situated knowledge and lived experiences of small-scale Fishers. . . .