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TI Challenging the ‘artisanal vs. industrial’ dichotomy in French Atlantic fisheries: An organizational typology of multi-vessel fishing firms
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AF Kinds, Arne
   LE FLOC H, Pascal
   Speelman, Stijn
   Guyader, Olivier
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C1 Unité d′Economie Maritime, UMR 6308, CNRS, Ifremer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, IUEM, Plouzané, France
   Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium
   Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Ostend, Belgium
   Unité d′Economie Maritime, UMR 6308, CNRS, Ifremer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, IUEM, Plouzané, France
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV GHENT, BELGIUM
   ILVO, BELGIUM
   UBO, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-RBE-EM
UM AMURE
IN WOS Ifremer UMR
   WOS Cotutelle UMR
   copubli-france
   copubli-europe
   copubli-univ-france
IF 4.315
TC 2
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00723/83553/88697.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Fishing firms;Organizational structure;Firm governance;Multi-vessel ownership;Concentration;Artisanal fisheries;Fisheries management
AB We put under scrutiny the ‘artisanal vs. industrial’ dichotomy used by French fisheries management for classifying fishing operations. Recent evolutions in the Atlantic fishing sector urge us to question its applicability. In particular the definition of the so-called ‘artisanal fishing model’ is under pressure (e.g., decline of family-based fishing, multi-vessel companies increasingly common, emergence of new forms of firm governance). Using mixed-method research (interviews, multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) and hierarchical clustering), we propose a new typology for classifying multi-vessel fishing firms, based on six organizational attributes (ownership structure, firm structure, management strategy, firm size, fishing strategy and valorization strategy). We have carried out a three-step analysis. First, the MCA suggests that the diversity of organizational forms can be described to a great extent in terms of the profile of the owner and the firm’s management and valorization strategies. The cluster analysis then separates organizational configurations in five types, based on cluster-specific modalities: access to key information, legal form, vessel maintenance and standardization, growth objectives and management structure. The final description of the types draws from additional interview data as well as variables that were not used in the analysis. The typology captures the diversity of governance configurations currently existing in the sector, while providing some insight into their origins and future trajectories. We conclude that the artisanal model is outdated and insufficient for describing the organizational diversity of modern-day fishing firms, especially those in the 12–18 m and 18–24 m segments. 
PY 2021
PD DEC
SO Marine Policy
SN 0308-597X
PU Elsevier BV
VL 134
UT 000697681600013
DI 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104753
ID 83553
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