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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 ...
Are fishers poor or vulnerable? Assessing economic vulnerability in small-scale fishing communities
Type: Journal Article
An index of economic vulnerability is developed and used with a more conventional measure of income poverty to explore vulnerability and chronic poverty in isolated rural communities. The method is applied to data from ...
Fish supply and food security for Africa
Type: Brief
Fish is an important food for over 400 million Africans, contributing essential proteins, minerals and micronutrients to their diets. Paradoxically, despite the high dependence on fish as a source of animal protein, fish ...
Water, poverty and inland fisheries: lessons from Africa and Asia
Type: Journal Article
Relying on experience from West Africa and the Mekong Basin, the authors contend that small-scale inland fisheries are a critical element in the livelihoods of many farming households who live near water bodies in developing ...
Small-scale marine fisheries policy in Vietnam
Type: Journal Article
Vietnam’s marine fisheries are considered to be small scale and are concentrated in coastal near-shore waters. This has resulted in heavy pressure on near-shore fisheries resources. Near-shore fisheries are considered by ...
Diagnosis and the management constituency of small-scale fisheries
Type: Working Paper
Diagnosis and adaptive management can help improve the ability of small-scale fisheries (SSF) in the developing world to better cope with and adapt to both external drivers and internal sources of uncertainty. This paper ...
Approaches and frameworks for management and research in small-scale fisheries in the developing world
Type: Working Paper
Commonly adopted approaches to managing small-scale fisheries (SSFs) in developing countries do not ensure sustainability. Progress is impeded by a gap between innovative SSF research and slower-moving SSF management. The ...
Literacies, development and education in fishing-dependent communities (editorial)
Type: Journal Article
Editorial on papers addressing the changing relationships among the various literacies, knowledges and practices in small-scale fishing communities.