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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 ...
Community-based, co-management for governing small-scale fisheries of the Pacific: A Solomon Islands' case study
Type: Book Chapter
The discourse on solutions to address small-scale fisheries concerns in the Pacific tends to focus heavily on community-based forms of co-management. Decentralizing governance to the community level permits responsiveness ...
Inter-sectoral governance of inland fisheries: Research needs and foci
Type: Book Chapter
One of the defining characteristics of inland fisheries is their connection to other essential human activities, such as hydroelectricity generation, irrigated agriculture, and transportation, which rely on the same fresh ...
Evaluating the Fit of Co-management for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance in Timor-Leste
Type: Book Chapter
Fisheries co-management is an increasingly globalized concept, and a cornerstone of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, adopted ...
Using transdisciplinary research solutions to support governance in inland fisheries
Type: Book Chapter
The diverse nature of internal and external threats and fishery attributes in inland fisheries indicates that the development of long-term solutions to governance issues will require interaction among multiple disciplines ...
Transdisciplinary engagement to address transboundary challenges for small-scale fishers
Type: Book Chapter
Small-scale fisheries and their governance are increasingly affected by natural, social, and political issues that originate outside their immediate control and locality. This chapter explores how researchers, non-governmental ...
Individual tenure and commercial management of Myanmar's inland fish resources
Type: Book Chapter
This chapter presents the current state of knowledge on "Inn" fisheries, an important fisheries management regime in Myanmar. The presentation made is based on a comprehensive review of literature, some original research ...
The Italian Job: Navigating the (im)perfect storm of participatory fisheries research
Type: Book Chapter
Book chapter describing the process of collaborative research in the mixed fisheries of the Adriatic.