Community response: decline of the Chambo in Lake Malawi's Southeast arm
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2011
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Springer
Abstract
Small-scale fisheries are a major source of food and employment around the world. Yet, many small-scale fishers work in conditions that are neither safe nor secure. Millions of them are poor, and often they are socially and politically marginalized. Macro-economic and institutional mechanisms are essential to address these poverty and vulnerability problems; however, interventions at the local community level are also necessary. This requires deep understanding of what poverty means to the fishers, their families and communities; how they cope with it; and the challenges they face to increase resilience and improve their lives. This book provides a global perspective, situating small-scale fisheries within the broad academic discourse on poverty, fisheries management and development. In-depth case studies from fifteen countries in Latin America, Europe, South and Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa, demonstrate the enormously complex ecological, economic, social, cultural and political contexts of this sector. Conclusions for policy-making, formulated as a joint statement by the authors, argue that fisheries development, poverty alleviation, and resource management must be integrated within a comprehensive governance approach that also looks beyond fisheries.
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Small-scale fisheries, Poverty, Policy, Governance, Natural resource management, Fisheries development
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Mafa, H. (2011). Community response: decline of the Chambo in Lake Malawi's Southeast arm. In S. Jentoft and A. Eide (eds). Poverty mosaics: realities and prospects in small scale fisheries. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer: 251-273