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Abstract This chapter analyzes the transformation of on-foot shell fi sh gathering in
Galicia, a traditional activity developed primarily by women under a free access
regime. Nowadays, many of the areas where this activity fl ourishes are in a situation
of active co-governance that employs a type of licensing system. Shell fi sher organizations plan and control exploitation with the support of the government, even using
seeding techniques to regenerate areas that were previously degraded. This process
has not been easy, as it has resulted in a strong reduction of persons linked to the
activity. Moreover, in the current economic crisis it is menaced by a surge in poaching. Despite the advantages of including women in co-management processes, in
terms of equity, legitimacy and inclusiveness, enhancing the capacity of user groups
and civil society to cope with the tasks involved in co-governance situations constitutes a serious challenge.
Keywords Governance and governability • Gender • Women empowerment •
Resource management • User participation
K. Frangoudes (*)
Center for the Law and Economics of the Sea , University of Brest , Brest , France
e-mail: katia.frangoudes@univ-brest.fr
B. Marugán-Pintos
Department of Sociology , University Carlos III of Madrid , Getafe, Madrid , Spain
e-mail: bmarugan@polsoc.uc3m.es
J. J. Pascual-Fernandez
Institute of Social and Political Sciences , University of La Laguna , Tenerife , Spain
e-mail: jpascual@ull.es
Chapter 13
Gender in Galician Shell-Fisheries:
Transforming for Governability
Katia Frangoudes , Begoña Marugán-Pintos , and José J. Pascual-Fernandez
M. Bavinck et al. (eds.), Governability of Fisheries and Aquaculture:
Theory and Applications, MARE Publication Series 7, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6107-0_13,
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Abstract This chapter analyzes the transformation of on-foot shell fi sh gathering in
Galicia, a traditional activity developed primarily by women under a free access
regime. Nowadays, many of the areas where this activity fl ourishes are in a situation
of active co-governance that employs a type of licensing system. Shell fi sher organizations plan and control exploitation with the support of the government, even using
seeding techniques to regenerate areas that were previously degraded. This process
has not been easy, as it has resulted in a strong reduction of persons linked to the
activity. Moreover, in the current economic crisis it is menaced by a surge in poaching. Despite the advantages of including women in co-management processes, in
terms of equity, legitimacy and inclusiveness, enhancing the capacity of user groups
and civil society to cope with the tasks involved in co-governance situations constitutes a serious challenge.
Keywords Governance and governability • Gender • Women empowerment •
Resource management • User participation
K. Frangoudes (*)
Center for the Law and Economics of the Sea , University of Brest , Brest , France
e-mail: katia.frangoudes@univ-brest.fr
B. Marugán-Pintos
Department of Sociology , University Carlos III of Madrid , Getafe, Madrid , Spain
e-mail: bmarugan@polsoc.uc3m.es
J. J. Pascual-Fernandez
Institute of Social and Political Sciences , University of La Laguna , Tenerife , Spain
e-mail: jpascual@ull.es
Chapter 13
Gender in Galician Shell-Fisheries:
Transforming for Governability
Katia Frangoudes , Begoña Marugán-Pintos , and José J. Pascual-Fernandez