TY - JOUR T1 - Small-scale fisheries access to fishing opportunities in the European Union: Is the Common Fisheries Policy the right step to SDG14b? A1 - Said,Alicia A1 - Pascual-Fernández,Jose A1 - Amorim,Vanessa Iglésias A1 - Autzen,Mathilde Højrup A1 - Hegland,Troels Jacob A1 - Pita,Cristina A1 - Ferretti,Johanna A1 - Penca,Jerneja AD - IFREMER, Centre for Law and Economics of the Sea, Plouzane, France AD - Institute of Social Research and Tourism, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Las Laguna, Tenerife, Spain AD - Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA), Iscte University Institute of Lisboa, Av. Forças Armadas, Edifício ISCTE, 1649-026, Lisboa, Portugal AD - Centre for Sustainable Life Modes, Denmark AD - Centre for Blue Governance, Department of Planning, Aalborg University, Rendsburggade 14, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark AD - Department of Environment and Planning & Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal AD - Institute of Baltic Sea, Thunen Institute, Germany AD - Euro-Mediterranean University, Kidričevo nabrežje 2, 6330, Piran, Slovenia UR - https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00631/74301/ DO - 10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104009 KW - Fisheries quota KW - ITQs KW - Social criteria KW - Equity KW - SSF Guidelines KW - Sustainable development goals (SDGs) N2 - The profile of small-scale fisheries has been raised through a dedicated target within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG14b) that calls for the provision of ‘access of small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets’. By focusing on access to fisheries resources in the context of European Union, in this article we demonstrate that the potential for small-scale fishing sectors to benefit from fishing opportunities remains low due to different mechanisms at play including legislative gaps in the Common Fisheries Policy, and long-existing local structures somewhat favouring the status quo of distributive injustice. Consequently, those without access to capital and authority are faced by marginalizing allocation systems, impacting the overall resilience of fishing communities. Achieving SDG14b requires an overhaul in the promulgation of policies emanating from the present nested governance systems. Y1 - 2020/08 PB - Elsevier BV JF - Marine Policy SN - 0308-597X VL - 118 ID - 74301 ER -