Community involvement in fisheries management: Experiences in the Gulf of Thailand countries

Nasuchon, Nopparat; Charles, Anthony

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2009.06.005

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“…Previously community-based fisheries management was practiced among Southeast Asian countries. However, it was with minimal success due to legal constraints and individual limitations (Nasuchon and Charles 2010). The lack of success is based on the assumption that when people are focused on meeting the needs of day to day survival, conservation of natural resources for future generations becomes less important.…”

Section: Fishing Communities In Langkawi Geoparkmentioning

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“…In the Ha Lien area of Vietnam, the government officially recognised the authority of a local community group to protect the area from fishing using destructive electric fishing equipment (Nasuchon and Charles, 2010).…”

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“…Another example can be seen in Malaysia, where The Locally Based Coastal Resource Management in Langkawi Project, works hand in hand with local community, who participating in the determination of zoning decisions and in the Fisheries Resource Management Plan. Moreover, local community has formed The Local Enforcement Unit (LEU) that conduct patrol activity in the rotation basis with The Malaysia Enforcement Agency (MEA) (Nasuchon and Charles, 2010).…”

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Turk. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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An understanding of traditional local knowledge and practices is widely viewed as critical for the establishment of sustainable local fishery management. Locals' perceptions of governmental fishery regulations, the use of local knowledge and local practices in fishery management, and fishers' attitudes toward cooperation with the government are of particular interest.The objectives of this research were to identify local knowledge and local practices in the fishing community in the vicinity of the Mae Klong River, Klong Kone Sub District, Samut Songkhram province, and to determine the fishers' perceptions about fisheries regulations and the use of local knowledge in fisheries management.An Institutional Analytical Design Framework (IAD) approach was used to evaluate how a management institution should be designed, by combining participation from local knowledge and local practices and government or other concerned authorities. Two different types of methods were used for field data collection. The first was interview and discussions with key informants (120 fishers) and the second method was dialogue between formal and informal actors. (10 participants, representing each villages, government official and other related organizations in the vicinity of Mae Klong River, Klong Kone Sub district, Samut Songkhram province).The study demonstrated that local knowledge and local practices by local community may affect traditional communitylevel agreements. An example could be taken from the case of local knowledge in the form of beliefs regarding the role of deities in protecting fishers from harm and the practice of securing blessings for better catches can be used to regulate the use of mangrove forests and other fishery resources. Local communities in Mae Klong River believe and respect the spirit of deities, in the form of The Goddess of River (locally known as "Phra Mae Kong Ka"), which is believed to be the protector of the waters resources and hence will punish the one who violate the River. Local knowledge, in the form of relation between spiritual and material which are still believed by local community, could be a basis for conservation. On the other hand local practices also applied by local community which some of the regulation had been assimilated with the government regulations.Mae KlongRiver Fishers believe that a combination of local and governmental regulation will increase the acceptance of fishing regulations and therefore be more suitable for local fishery management than government-imposed regulation.Government's support in the form of legal framework is an important point, as well as that decision on the fishery management plan should be made by the community, not only by the central or provincial authority alone.

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“…Social unrest between fishers is real; this unrest is enhanced by general fishing declines, aquatic and coastal exploration and exploitation. Adequate conflict-resolution mechanisms do not exist, and many conflicts cannot be handled at the village level alone (Pomeroy et al 2007;Nasuchon and Charles 2010). It appears that those with the most "might" are often rather likely to win (i.e., those well-connected individuals and those with bigger boats and more efficient gear).…”

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Life, Fish and Mangroves : Resource Governance in Coastal Cambodia

Marschke¹

2012

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Resource governance in coastal Cambodia Governance SeriesGovernance is the process of effective coordination whereby an organization or a system guides itself when resources, power, and information are widely distributed. Studying governance means probing the pattern of rights and obligations that underpins organizations and social systems, understanding how they coordinate their parallel activities and maintain their coherence, exploring the sources of dysfunction, and suggesting ways to redesign organizations whose governance is in need of repair.The series welcomes a range of contributions-from conceptual and theoretical reflections, ethnographic and case studies, and proceedings of conferences and symposia, to works of a very practical nature-that deal with problems or issues on the governance front. The series publishes works both in French and in English.

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Community involvement in fisheries management: Experiences in the Gulf of Thailand countries

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