Not any one of these approaches is a panacea, but their cumulative effect has value. Each of these efforts represents the emergence of a new pathway (or use for the product) through which
seafood can enter and move through the marketplace. These
pathways require different volumes of seafood, different combinations of species, and different types of preparation. These options
create latitude that allows the fishing sector to better navigate the
inevitable turbulence of the global seafood economy and the unpredictable and highly dynamic nature of marine resources. As it is
now, many fisheries are locked into onlya few markets, products, or
distribution channels. Moreover, for many of the emerging initiatives noted above, the question of resilience “for what” and “for
whom” (Cote and Nightingale, 2012) is precisely at issue. Representing diverse economic approaches (cf. Gibson-Graham, 2008),
many of these new initiatives have been as interested in healthy
communities as in healthy stocks, seeking economic solutions that
also meet other ethical priorities and draw on social relations
beyond simple market transactions.