Human dependence on marine and coastal resources is increasing. Today, small-scale fisheries employ fifty of the world's fifty one million fishers, practically all of whom are from developing countries. And together, they produce more than half of the world's annual marine fish catch of ninety eight million tonnes, supplying most of the fish consumed in the developing world. At the same time, increased fishery overexploitation and habitat degradation are threatening the Earth's coastal and marine resources. Most small-scale fisheries have not been well managed, if they have been managed at all. Existing approaches have failed to constrain fishing capacity or to manage conflict. They have not kept pace with technology or with the driving forces of economics, population growth, demand for food, and poverty. Worldwide, the management and governance of small-scale fisheries is in urgent need of reform. "Managing Small-scale Fisheries" looks beyond the scope of conventional fishery management to alternative concepts, tools, methods, and conservation strategies.There is, for example, broader emphasis on ecosystem management and participatory decision-making. Interested readers will include fishery managers, both governmental and nongovernmental; instructors and students in fishery management; development organizations and practitioners working on small-scale fisheries; and fishers and fishing communities that wish to take responsibility for managing their own resources.
Author(s): F. Berkes, Robin Mahon, Patrick McConney, Richard Pollnac, Robert Pomeroy
Edition: 1
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 250
CONTENTS......Page 4
FOREWORD......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
1.2 A personal perspective......Page 12
1.3 Scope of the book......Page 16
1.4 Types of fisheries......Page 17
1.5 Review of fisheries management from a "people" perspective......Page 22
1.6 What comes next......Page 28
2.1 Introduction......Page 30
2.2 Ecosystem-based fishery management......Page 31
2.3 Uncertainty and risk......Page 34
2.4 Protected areas......Page 36
2.5 Adaptive management......Page 37
2.6 Management in information-deficient situations......Page 39
2.7 Governance regimes......Page 42
2.8 Stakeholder participation......Page 44
2.9 Comanagement and empowerment......Page 45
2.10 Conclusion......Page 47
3.2 An approach to management......Page 50
3.3 Management planning process......Page 53
3.4 The management plan — what should it include?......Page 63
3.5 The fishery management unit......Page 67
3.6 Fishery management objectives......Page 69
3.7 Transparency: documentation, communication, and participation......Page 77
3.8 Conclusion......Page 85
4.2 Data and information collection......Page 86
4.3 Traditional ecological knowledge......Page 90
4.4 Literature acquisition and the Internet......Page 96
4.5 Analysis and interpretation......Page 102
4.6 Information management......Page 103
4.7 Communication and use of information......Page 105
4.8 Conclusions......Page 110
5.1 Introduction......Page 112
5.2 The information stairway......Page 113
5.3 Information categories......Page 118
5.4 Preliminary assessment, baseline, monitoring, and evaluation methods......Page 124
5.5 Conclusions......Page 139
6.2 Management process......Page 140
6.3 Management measures......Page 158
6.4 Enforcement and compliance......Page 173
6.5 Conclusions......Page 177
7.2 "Tragedy of the commons" and its solutions......Page 178
7.3 Who makes the rules to solve the commons dilemma?......Page 184
7.4 Beyond regulation: managing fishing communities......Page 193
7.5 Institutions and capacity building......Page 197
7.6 Conclusions......Page 202
8.2 Conservation project of San Salvador Island, Philippines......Page 204
8.3 Why comanagement?......Page 207
8.4 What is fisheries comanagement?......Page 212
8.5 Conditions affecting the success of fisheries comanagement......Page 223
8.6 A process for community-centred fisheries comanagement......Page 226
8.7 Conclusions......Page 233
9.1 Small-scale fisheries in context......Page 234
9.2 New directions: a vision for small-scale fisheries......Page 237
9.3 New directions: concepts, methods, and tools......Page 238
9.4 New directions: how you get there......Page 239
1.1 Questions for ultimate impact variables......Page 240
1.2 Questions for intermediate impact variables......Page 243
1.3 Questions for supra-community level context variables......Page 245
1.4 Questions for community-level context variables......Page 247
1.5 Questions for individual and household-level context variables......Page 260
C......Page 266
G......Page 267
M......Page 268
R......Page 269
T......Page 270
Y......Page 271
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 272
REFERENCES......Page 274
B......Page 296
C......Page 297
E......Page 301
F......Page 303
G......Page 305
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M......Page 309
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