Small-scale coastal fisheries and co-management

Lessons in co-management from beach seine and lobster fisheries in Grenada

“…Jentoft, 1989;Kuperan and Abdullah, 1994;Pomeroy and Berkes, 1997 encompasses a range of institutional arrangements often depicted as a scale based on the relative proportions of responsibility and authority shared between state and stakeholders. Studies of co-management in Africa (Normann et al, 1998) and Asia have used the institutional analysis methodology developed by the International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) and Institute for Fisheries Management and Coastal Community Development (IFM) (ICLARM and IFM, 1998).…”

Artisanal fishing in Andalusia (and III): “The Day After…”

“…2 Seven vessels from Barbate began the new era, returning to the traditional fishing grounds of these communities of SW Andalusia. Although the agreement was signed by the European Union, it concerns mainly Spanish vessels (80%), mostly from Andalusia 3 and Galicia [29,30].…”

“…The complexity and dynamism of artisanal fishing are constant themes of all the studies that have been carried out in different geographical regions [1][2][3][4][5][6]. In previous articles a statistical study of the fleet has been conducted using census data from before the year 2000; these data were taken as the basis for the field study (2001)(2002) and subsequent articles (2007)(2008)(2009) [7,8].…”

Defining fishers in the South African context: subsistence, artisanal and small-scale commercial sectors

“…Terms that are used more or less interchangeably with "subsistence" include "food fishing", "domestic fishing", "harvesting", "native subsistence" (Berkes 1988), "artisanal" (Horemans 1997), "small-scale" (Poggie 1980, Pomeroy 1991, Kuperan and Abdullah 1994, Amar et al 1996, "aboriginal" (Caulfield 1993), "indigenous" (Nikijuluw 1994), "traditional or customary tenure" (Dahl 1988, Ruddle et al 1992, Amarasinghe et al 1997 and "informal" (Lamberth et al 1997). Berkes (1988) and Fall (1990) both provide useful commentaries on these terms, and opt for "subsistence" as the most acceptable term, which Berkes (1988, p. 319) describes as "local, non-commercial fisheries, oriented not primarily for recreation but for the procurement of fish for consumption of the fishers, their family and community".…”

“…In general, subsistence activities are (1) local (occurring within a limited range); (2) customary, traditional or cultural (and often associated with indigenous or aboriginal peoples); (3) undertaken for personal or family use; (4) primarily for nutritional needs (though excess resources may be traded to ensure food security); (5) based on minimal technology; and (6) undertaken by people with low cash incomes. They are specifically non-commercial and non-recreational (Berkes 1985, Fall 1990, Kuperan and Abdullah 1994.…”