Justice and the blue economies: making the case for post-technicality

This paper examines why justice and diversity remain marginal in blue economy policies.It argues that technocratic approaches reduce socio-political complexity to technical fixes, enabling extractivist practices under a sustainability narrative.Introducing post-technicality as a pragmatic alternative, the paper highlights depoliticisation drivers and identifies epistemic and institutional interventions.This reframing challenges technocratic dominance and advances more inclusive ocean governance oriented toward blue justice.