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Reimagining large-scale open-water fisheries governance through adaptive comanagement in hilsa shad sanctuaries

Abstract
- Almost a half million fishers in Bangladesh are predominantly reliant on the hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) fishery in the Meghna River and estuarine ecosystem. This paper adopts a broadened concept of social-ecological traps to frame the complex dynamics that emerge from social and ecological interactions in this highly natural resource-dependent social-ecological system (SES). We analyze how endogenous self-reinforcing processes in the system and poor initial conditions, particularly debt and lack of livelihood options outside fisheries, keep fishing households in poverty. We identify a policy decision in favor of incentive-based fisheries management as a critical juncture that influenced a trajectory of recovery in hilsa shad stocks in this complex adaptive system.
- External link to download this item: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09917-230126
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Date
- 2018
Author
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van Brakel, M.L.
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Nahiduzzaman, M.
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Mahfuzul Haque, A.
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Golam Mustafa, M.
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Jalilur Rahman, M.
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Abdul Wahab, M.
Author(s) ORCID(s)
- A.B.M. Haquehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5334-5630
- Nahiduzzaman Mdhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5152-992X
- Mohammad Rahmanhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4090-7339
AGROVOC Keywords
Type
- Journal Article
Publisher
- The Resilience Alliance