• Cover of book Coastal Lives: Nature, Capital, and the Struggle for Artisanal Fisheries in Peru. Shows fishing boats in water with city skyline in background.
    Coastal Lives: Nature, Capital, and the Struggle for Artisanal Fisheries in Peru

    Peru’s fisheries are in crisis as overfishing and ecological changes produce dramatic fluctuations in fish stocks. To address this crisis, government officials have claimed that fishers need to become responsible producers who create economic advantages by taking better care of the ocean ecologies they exploit. In…