Self-organization Study Of Fishermen At Nansi Wharf, Hainan

Women in the fishing industry have traditionally been one of the main actors in creating the culture of marine societies,but were often absent or lost in the early studies of marine societies.In addition to traditional fishing women’s household labor,some women may process and sell surplus seafood.At the same time,a few fisherwomen may also have the opportunity to go fishing at sea with their husbands.Danzhou fisherwomen are often called "fisherwomen" and have a pivotal role in Danzhou fishing society.In the past academic tradition,academic expressions have preferred to focus on men,and with the tendency to focus on agriculture,fisherwomen have seldom entered the field of study,and their self-organized practices in fish production,processing and selling have been neglected.This study selects the self-organization of fisherwomen in Danzhou,Hainan,and analyzes the formation process and evolution of the self-organization of fisherwomen based on the framework of self-organization theory.On this basis,the mechanism of the self-organization of fisherwomen is explained,and the reasons why fisherwomen have been able to dominate the processing and marketing of the fishery are revealed.It is found that the formation of the self-organization of fisherwomen makes it possible for the fish processing and trading process to be dominated by women for a long time.On the one hand,the catch processing and trading links provide the possibility for more women to enter the fishing space,which is an important link for fisherwomen to obtain conditions for survival and bargaining in the fishing field.The various opportunities and conflicts in the fisherwomen’s catch processing and marketing link are the basis for the formation of fisherwomen’s self-organization,and the process of formation and development of fisherwomen’s self-organization goes hand in hand with the process of fisherwomen’s wealth creation and acquisition.On the other hand,the formation and development of the self-organization of fisherwomen pushes fisherwomen to gain initiative and intervene in the fishing chain in turn.The processing and selling of the fishery is managed and collaborated within the fisherwomen,which is a well-organized collective action that must rely on mutual cooperation among the fisherwomen to resist the risks of the fishery and to cope with the work of the fishery system.In this process,fisherwomen spontaneously form a social organization of internal collaboration and governance,and it is under the auspices of this self-organizational approach that their indigenous knowledge of fish processing and marketing comes into play.Surprisingly,the cooperative and competitive relationships,organization,division of labor,and their indigenous knowledge established by the self-organization of fisherwomen through their social relationships enable them to maintain their fishing livelihoods in an uncertain marine environment,establish dock order and local identity,and form collective norms of reciprocal cooperation,thus maintaining a balanced relationship between fishing resources and the market without the need for the government and its related departments to intervene in the operation of the market.