Dr Mike Fabinyi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Policy development, institutions and governance of coral reefs
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PhD, Australian National University, Australia (2009) Research Interests
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Research Interests
My research broadly focuses on the social and political aspects of marine resource use and management. I am interested in how such processes influence and shape marine resource management outcomes. Using theory and methods from environmental anthropology and political ecology, a key aspect of my research is the use of ethnographic and other qualitative research techniques.
More specifically, my research is primarily concerned with high-value commodity fisheries in the Asia-Pacific, particularly the live reef fish for food and shark fin trades. Aspects of the trades I am interested in include the social drivers of overfishing in source countries such as the Philippines and Papua New Guinea, consumption trends in destination countries such as China, and the social and political aspects of governing these trades.
Other research interests include governance of marine protected areas, and the relationship between coastal tourism and marine resource management.
Select Publications
Books
Fabinyi, M. 2012. Fishing for Fairness: Poverty, Morality and Marine Resource Regulation in the Philippines. Asia Pacific Environment Monograph Number 7. Canberra, ANU E-Press (http://epress.anu.edu.au?p=167001).
Journal Articles
Fabinyi, M., Pido, M., Harani, B., Caceres, J., Uyami-Bitara, A., De las Alas, A., Buenconsejo, J., and Ponce de Leon, E. Forthcoming. Luxury seafood consumption in China and the intensification of coastal livelihoods in Southeast Asia: The live reef fish for food trade in Balabac, Philippines. Asia-Pacific Viewpoint.
Fabinyi, M. 2012. Historical, Cultural and Social Perspectives on Luxury Seafood Consumption in China. Environmental Conservation 39(1): 83-92.
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Fidelman, P., Evans, L., Fabinyi, M., Foale, S., Cinner, J. and Rosen, F. 2012. Governing Large-scale Marine Commons: Contextual Challenges in the Coral Triangle. Marine Policy 36(1): 42-53.
Dressler, W.H., and M. Fabinyi. 2011. Farmer Gone Fish’n? Swidden Decline and the Rise of Grouper Fishing on Palawan Island, Philippines. Journal of Agrarian Change 11 (4): 536-555.
Fabinyi M., and D. Dalabajan. Policy and Practice in the Live Reef Fish for Food Trade: A Case Study from Palawan, Philippines. Marine Policy 35: 371-378.
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Fabinyi M., M. Knudsen and S. Segi. 2010. Social Complexity, Ethnography and Coastal Resource Management in the Philippines. Coastal Management 38(6): 617-632
Fabinyi, M. 2010. The Intensification of Fishing and the Rise of Tourism: Competing Coastal Livelihoods in the Calamianes Islands, Philippines. Human Ecology 38(3): 415-427.
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Bulloch, H., M. Fabinyi. 2009. Transnational Relationships, Transforming Selves: Filipinas Seeking Husbands Abroad. The Asia-Pacific Journal of Anthropology 10(2): 129-142.
Fabinyi, M. 2009. The Politics of Patronage and Live Reef Fish Trade Regulation in Palawan, Philippines. Human Organization 68(3): 258-268.
Fabinyi, M. 2008. Dive tourism, fishing and marine protected areas in the Calamianes Islands, Philippines. Marine Policy 32(6): 898-904.
Fabinyi, M. 2007. Illegal Fishing and Masculinity in Palawan: A Look at the Calamianes Islands in Palawan. Philippine Studies 55(4): 509-29.
Fabinyi, M. 2004. Lukaotim environment gudfala: The social context of conservation in Solomon Islands. School of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies Research Paper No. 16, University of Melbourne.
Publications in Refereed Conference Proceedings
Fabinyi, M. 2009. The Political Aspects of Resilience. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale. Session 29, pp971-975.
Reports
Fabinyi, M. 2009. Real and Potential Challenges to Regulation of the Live Reef Fish for Food Trade in Palawan, Philippines. Report submitted to the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development.
Contact Details
Dr Mike Fabinyi
Phone: 61 (0)7 4781 6358
Email: Michael.Fabinyi@jcu.edu.au
