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Figure 9.1 Trends of conflict and legal pluralism in South Asia and South Africa compared.
recognition of customary practices and law, promotion of a community-orientated
approach, adoption of co-management, promotion of gender equity and the devolution
of decision-making powers to local level institutions. The policy also requires dispute
resolution mechanisms to be established locally. Although the policy has not yet been
formally endorsed by Cabinet, Jaffer and Carstens (2011) have already heralded it as
a victory for the fishers of South Africa.
9.7 COMPARATIVE FRAMEWORK
Figure 9.1 is an attempt to visualise key trends emerging in terms of fisheries conflicts
in the two investigated regions. While there is evidence to suggest that the nature and
intensity of conflict has followed similar trends since the advent of industrialisation,
these two regions are on different trajectories. For definitions of key concepts we refer
to Section 2 above.
In the case of Palk Bay, two trends emerge from the detail of fishing history since
Independence: a fragmentation of legal regimes and governance arrangements through
the entry of new governing agencies, and centralisation. The latter consists of the move-
ment of influence over fishing from the shores to other loci of power. Both trends have
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