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Governance and decentralization reforms in small-scale fisheries: an African perspective
Type: Book Chapter
Relying on a framework that highlights different dimensions of ‘decentralization’, this paper reviews fisheries co-management programmes as they have been implemented over the last 20 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows ...
Learning and adaptation: the role of fisheries comanagement in building resilient social-ecological systems
Type: Book Chapter
This chapter focuses on how robust self-organizations can be formed within fisheries co-management systems. Over the last 30 years, co-management has been increasingly advocated as a blueprint solution for small-scale ...
Socioeconomic aspects of artisanal fisheries in Asia
Type: Book Chapter
The fisheries sector provides a valuable source of food protein and is one of the primary sources of livelihood and employment in Asian countries. However, it is also within the fisheries sector where extreme poverty ...
Management strategies for multi-species complexes in artisanal fisheries
Type: Book Chapter
Artisanal fisheries are extremely diverse when considered on a worldwide basis, although less so within particular countries. As a general case, artisanal fisheries are those in which fishermen operate from vessels of ...
Appraisal, assessment and monitoring of small-scale coastal fisheries in the South Pacific region
Type: Book Chapter
All fisheries should, ideally, pass through a four stage process of appraisal, assessment, management and monitoring. Fisheries assessment methods are reviewed, as are methods for parameter estimation. A cost effective ...
Diagnosis and the management constituency of small-scale fisheries
Type: Book Chapter
The concepts and implementation of the Participatory Diagnosis and Adaptive Management (PDAM) framework for small-scale fishery development and management in developing countries are described.
Managing overcapacity in small-scale fisheries
Type: Book Chapter
The purpose of this chapter is to present and discuss the concept and assessment of over capacity in small-scale marine fisheries, and the appropriate and integrated approaches to facilitating the removal of overcapacity. ...
Approaches and frameworks for management and research in small-scale fisheries
Type: Book Chapter
The search for innovations and implementation of research frameworks for small-scale fisheries in developing and least developed countries are discussed.