This book will help a new generation of scientists, policy-makers, and small-scale fisheries actors make the fundamental connections between different disciplinesin science, traditional knowledge, and policy to guide a collective process towards sustainable small-scale fisheries.

Part 1: Introduction.- Chapter 1. The Quest for Transdisciplinarity in Small-Scale Fisheries Governance (Svein Jentoft and Ratana Chuenpagdee).- Chapter 2. Too Big To Ignore - a Transdisciplinary Journey (Ratana Chuenpagdee).- PART 2: Broadening the Scope.- Chapter 3. The Value of Values for Understanding Transdisciplinary Approaches to Small-Scale Fisheries(Derek S. Johnson, Annie Lalancette, Mimi E. Lam, Marta Leite, and Sölmundur K. Pálsson).- Chapter 4. Fish and Food Security in Small-Scale Fisheries (Philip A. Loring, David V. Fazzino II, Melinda Agapito, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Glenna Gannon, and Moenieba Isaacs).- Chapter 5. Broadening the Knowledge Base of Small-Scale Fisheries Through a Food Systems Framework: a Case Study of the Lake Superior Region (Kristen Lowitt, Charles Z. Levkoe, Andrew M. Song, Gordon M. Hickey, and Connie Nelson).- PART 3. Strengthening the Base.- Chapter 6. Economic Viability of Small-Scale Fisheries (Anna Schuhbauer, Andrés M Cisneros-Montemayor, andU. Rashid Sumaila).- Chapter 7. Gender perspective in fisheries: examples from the South and the North (Katia Frangoudes and Siri Gerrard).- Chapter 8. Markets, Distribution and Value Chains in Small-Scale Fisheries (José J. Pascual-Fernández, Cristina Pita, Helga Hosupeit, Alicia Said, and João Garcia Rodrigues ).- Chapter 9. Governing for Viability: the Case of Velondriake Locally Managed Marine Area in Madagascar (Lovasoa Cédrique Augustave).- Part 4: Enhancing the Stewardship.- Chapter 10. Stewardship and Sustainable Practices in Small-Scale Fisheries (Patrick McConney, Rodrigo Pereira Medeiros, José J. Pascual-Fernández, and Maria Pena).- Chapter 11. Interplay between Local and Global: Change Processes and Small-Scale Fisheries (Prateep K. Nayak and Fikret Berkes).- Chapter 12. Enhancing the Stewardship in Trat Bay, Thailand: a Transdisciplinary Exercise (Suvaluck Satumanatpan, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Wichin Suebpala, Thamasak Yeemin, and Kungwan Juntarashote).- Part 5: Defending theBeach.- Chapter 13. Strategies and Policies Supporting Small-Scale Fishers’ Access and Conservation Rights in a Neoliberal World (Evelyn Pinkerton).- Chapter 14. The Small-Scale Fisheries of Indigenous Peoples: a Struggle for Secure Tenure Rights (Svein Jentoft, Natasha Stacey, Jackie Sunde, and Miguel González).- Chapter 15. Defending the beach: Transdisciplinary Approaches in Small-Scale Fisheries in Pernambuco, Brazil (Matias John Wojciechowski, Beatriz Mesquita P. Ferreira, Daniele A. Vila-Nova, and Sérgio M. Gomes de Mattos).- Part 6: Governing the Governance.- Chapter 16. Governing Change in Small-Scale Fisheries: Theories and Assumptions (Svein Jentoft).- Chapter 17. Transdisciplinary Engagement to Address Transboundary Challenges for Small-Scale Fishers (Joeri Scholtens, Andrew M. Song, Johny Stephen, Catalina García Chavez, Maarten Bavinck, and Merle Sowman).- Chapter 18. Using Transdisciplinary Research Solutions to Support Governance in Inland Fisheries (Shannon D. Bower, Andrew M. Song, Paul Onyango, Steven J. Cooke, and Jeppe Kolding).- Chapter 19. Governing the Governance: Small-Scale Fisheries in Europe with Focus on the Baltic Sea (Milena Arias-Schreiber, Sebastian Linke, Alyne E. Delaney, and Svein Jentoft).- Part 7: Towards Transdisciplinarity in Fisheries Governance.- Chapter 20. Beyond the Basics: Improving Information about Small-Scale Fisheries (Melinda Agapito, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Rodolphe Devillers, Jennifer Gee, Andrew F. Johnson, Graham J. Pierce, and Brice Trouillet).- Chapter 21. Transdisciplinary Science for Small-Scale Fisheries (Mbachi Ruth Msomphora and Svein Jentoft).- Chapter 22. The Principles of Transdisciplinary Research in Small-Scale Fisheries (Alicia Said, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Alfonso Aguilar-Perera, Minerva Arce-Ibarra, Tek Bahadur Guru, Bonnie Bishop, Marc Léopold, Ana Isabel Márquez Pérez, Sérgio M. Gomes de Mattos, Graham J. Pierce, Prateep K. Nayak, and Svein Jentoft).- Chapter 23. Transcending Fisheries Knowledge: from Theory to Integration (Ratana Chuenpagdee and Svein Jentoft).

The importance of small-scale fisheries for sustainable livelihoods and communities, food security, and poverty eradication is indisputable. With the endorsement of the ‘Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries’, FAO member states recognize that governments, civil society organizations, and research communities all have a role to play in helping small-scale fisheries achieve these goals. This book argues that policies targeting small-scale fisheries need to be based on a solid and holistic knowledge foundation, and support the building of governance capacity at local, national, and global levels. The book provides rich illustrations from around the world of why such knowledge production needs to be transdisciplinary, drawing from multiple disciplinary perspectives and the knowledge that small-scale fisheries actors have, in order to identify problems and explore innovative solutions. Transdisciplinarity for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance:Analysis and Practice, edited by Ratana Chuenpagdee and Svein Jentoft, successfully demonstrates how small-scale fisheries are important and what social and political conditions are conducive to their wellbeing. The volume contributes tremendously to building capacity of fisheries communities and policy-makers to make the ideals of small-scale fisheries a reality. It establishes the ecological, social, and economic sense behind small-scale fisheries. A milestone reference for all those who believe in small-scale fisheries and are keen to defend them with quality evidence!— Sebastian Mathew, Executive Director, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines guiding principles call for holistic and integrated approaches for their implementation. This book will help a new generation of scientists, policy-makers, and small-scale fisheries actors make the fundamental connections between different disciplines inscience, traditional knowledge, and policy to guide a collective process towards sustainable small-scale fisheries. The book contains an inspiring collection of practical cases from around the world, complemented by deep dives into dimensions of small-scale fisheries, like food security, stewardship, climate change, and gender, which all call for transdisciplinary approaches.— Nicole Franz, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Rome, Italy

An exceptional volume of big questions and major concerns in small-scale fisheries pursued in Too Big To Ignore Global Partnership in Small-Scale Fisheries Research Includes lessons and reflections for improving small-scale fisheries governance and for achieving Sustainable Development Goals Presents case studies providing detailed and systematic analysis of wicked problems in small-scale fisheries An essential guide for building transdisciplinary capacity in research and governance for fisheries sustainability worldwide