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

Branch, G. M.; Sowman, Merle; Siqwana-Ndulo, N.; Dye, A.H.

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“…Illiteracy, inadequate access to television and national newspapers and the unlikelihood of poor fishers consulting the Government Gazette must compel authorities to develop appropriate means of communication, both to consult fishers and to inform them of developments. During the surveys of communities it was clear that first-hand contacts between fishers and Regional Fieldworkers were central to communication (Harris et al 2002b), and lack of effective channels of communication were seen as a major obstacle to current management practices (Hauck et al 2002).…”

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“…It concentrated on a representative subset of the communities identified in the first phase, and employed questionnaires, personal interviews and focusgroup studies to delve more deeply into the socioeconomic profiles of fisher households and the nature of resources harvested by them. It also documented the perceptions of fishers about the status of resources and fisheries management -a topic dealt with in a separate paper (Hauck et al 2002). Both informationgathering phases on the programme made no attempt to predefine "subsistence fishers".…”

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“…This paper has three foci: (1) the demography of fishing communities, (2) their income and poverty levels and (3) the species harvested and how they are used. It is one of a series of papers, including an outline of the terms of reference of the SFTG and the processes followed to achieve these (Harris et al 2002a), the nature of the fishing communities and their perceptions about fisheries management (this paper, Clark et al 2002, Hauck et al 2002, derivation of a definition for subsistence fishers , an analysis of the suitability of different resources for subsistence harvesting (Cockcroft et al 2002), and an outline of the overall recommendations of the SFTG (Harris et al 2002b).…”

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“…However, considering the lower investment (per angler) for the Mgeni Estuary fishery, and the fact that this fishery services a larger proportion of unemployed anglers, that fishery may be of more importance to bona fide subsistence fishers, as defined by Branch et al (2002), than that of Durban Harbour.…”

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Assessment of the Linefishery in Two Urban Estuarine Systems In Kwazulu-natal, South Africa

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“…Nevertheless, traditional fishers in these rural areas were either fishing informally or under the regulations governing recreational fisheries (Sowman 2006) and were only recognized as 'subsistence' fishers with the enactment of the Marine Living Resources Act (MLRA) in 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998; Republic of South Africa 1998) (Branch et al 2002) in terms of South Africa's rights-based Constitution.…”

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Rehabilitating mussel beds in Coffee Bay, South Africa: Towards fostering cooperative small-scale fisheries governance and enabling community upliftment

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2016

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Along the coast of South Africa, marine resources play a significant role in supporting livelihoods and contributing to food security in impoverished rural communities. Post-apartheid fisheries laws and policies have begun to address traditional fishing rights and development needs, and new management arrangements are being implemented. One such initiative has been the Mussel Rehabilitation Project in Coffee Bay, which piloted a resource rehabilitation technique at several overexploited fishing sites. Mussel stocks in these exploited areas had dropped to under 1 % mussel cover, and during the project period, stocks increased to[80 % cover, supporting a sustainable harvest well above national daily bag limits. This stock enhancement was achieved only after the project had started to address social challenges such as the lack of local management institutions and the need to enhance food security. The project embarked on training and institution-building; it formed a robust community mussel management committee; and developed a local resource management plan, facilitating increased community participation in the day-to-day management of the resource. The project also saw the initiation of various ancillary projects aimed at improving food security and stimulating the local economy and hence alleviating pressure on the marine resources. Here we review this 10-year project's outcomes, and present lessons for smallscale fisheries governance in South Africa and internationally. We show, through empirical experience, that balancing stock rebuilding needs in a context of widespread poverty and dependency on natural resources by a local fisher community can only be addressed through an integrated approach to development. Participation of resource users and a thorough understanding of the local context are imperative to negotiating appropriate smallscale fisheries governance approaches. We recommend that the implementation of South Africa's newly minted SmallScale Fisheries Policy should begin with bottom-up, demonstrative resource management measures such as mussel rehabilitation. This type of initiative can deliver short-term food security benefits and foster social learning towards sustainable and cooperative fisheries governance.

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

Cited by 52 publications

References 34 publications

Case studies on the socio-economic characteristics and lifestyles of subsistence and informal fishers in South Africa

Case studies on the socio-economic characteristics and lifestyles of subsistence and informal fishers in South Africa

Assessment of the Linefishery in Two Urban Estuarine Systems In Kwazulu-natal, South Africa

Rehabilitating mussel beds in Coffee Bay, South Africa: Towards fostering cooperative small-scale fisheries governance and enabling community upliftment

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