@article{fdi:010085300, title = {{L}e {DCP} d{\'e}rivant pour et par l'ar{\`e}ne thoni{\`e}re tropicale : un dispositif sociotechnique en d{\'e}bat}, author = {{R}eyes, {N}astassia and {A}iraud, {M}anon}, editor = {}, language = {{FRE}}, abstract = {{U}sed as one of the preferred means of accessing a large volume of fish, drifting {F}ish {A}ggregating {D}evices (d{FAD}), floating and drifting structures under which fish are aggregated, geo-tracked at a long distance and deployed in high seas by the fisherman, are now central in debates on the future of the {F}rench industrial tuna fishery. {W}ith the objective of contributing to a better understanding of these debates around d{FAD}s, this article proposes to describe these objects in their socio-technical dimension, i.e., their material and technical dimensions, but also the plural relationships that they maintain with their biophysical and human environment. {I}t first traces the multiple lives of a d{FAD}, from its manufacture on the docks of the fishing port of {A}bidjan to the knowledge it produces. {I}t addresses the modes of regulation of d{FAD}s and the way in which they are embedded in multiple representations. {T}he d{FAD} is presented as a case study of an object that makes technology an eminently social construct, and whose status changes according to economic, social, political, environmental or legal events and circumstances. {B}ased on ethnographies conducted in different sites (from fishing ports to decision-making bodies), this contribution focuses on the plural representations of the actors of the {F}rench tropical tuna industry (scientists, spokespersons of the fisheries sector, fishermen, representatives of environmental {NGO}s, national civil servants) that influence the regulatory mechanisms of drifting {FAD}s.}, keywords = {{ZONE} {TROPICALE} ; sociotechnical object ; regulation ; knowledge ; policy ; tropical tuna ; fishing ; {F}ish {A}ggregating {D}evice ({FAD}) ; {ATLANTIQUE} ; {FRANCE} ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE} ; {EUROPE} ; {AFRIQUE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{R}evue d'{A}nthropologie des {C}onnaissances}, volume = {16}, numero = {2}, pages = {27205 [25 ]}, ISSN = {1760-5393}, year = {2022}, DOI = {10.4000/rac.27205}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010085300}, }