TY - JOUR T1 - Existing Territories and Formalization of Territorial Use Rights for Moored Fish Aggregating Devices: The Case of Small-Scale Fisheries in the La Désirade Island (France) A1 - Guyader,Olivier A1 - Frangoudes,Katia A1 - Kleiber,Danika AD - Univ Brest, CNRS, UMR 6308, Unite Econ Maritime,IUEM,Ifremer, Plouzane, France. AD - Univ Brest, CNRS, IFREMER, AMURE,IUEM, Plouzane, France. AD - JIMAR, PIFSC, Honolulu, HI USA. UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2018.1443235 DO - 10.1080/08941920.2018.1443235 KW - Conflicts KW - dolphinfish KW - economic defendability KW - FADs quotas KW - overcapacity N2 - Moored fish aggregating devices (MFADs) are used by small-scale fishers to access fish species difficult to harvest in large numbers. In the case of Guadeloupe (Caribbean area), the use of MFADs has increased considerably and this is causing congestion in these fishing areas and creating conflict between fishers. The aim of this article is to understand how informal fishing territories around the La Desirade Island were established and examine these territories through the lens of economic defendability theory. Results of semistructured interviews show that MFAD fishers display territoriality along MFAD tract lines forming quasi-privatized areas. Territoriality in this article is based on the following factors: the type of targeted resources, the cost of harvesting, the defending of territories, and the acknowledgment of territories by the fishing community. Conflicts and utilization of MFADs (overcapacity) have raised an opportunity to create co-managed legalized territorial use rights for fisheries. Y1 - 2018 PB - Taylor & Francis Inc JF - Society & Natural Resources SN - 0894-1920 VL - 31 IS - 7 SP - 822 EP - 836 ID - 54151 ER -