Fisheries conflicts as drivers of social transformation

Dahlet, Lol Iana; Himes‐Cornell, Amber; Metzner, Rebecca

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2021.03.011

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“…It is not that the fishermen are unwilling to belong to a cooperative; rather, the lack of social structures causes a conflict between cooperative members and "free" fishermen, giving rise to accidents involving crocodiles. This conflict between humans for fishing rights (Peterson, Birckhead, Leong, Peterson, and Peterson, 2010) is very common in this sector, whose management is partially the responsibility of the government institutions (Dahlet et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Fishing has shaped several life styles around the world for at least 92,000 years (Dahlet, Himes-Cornell, and Metzner, 2021;Lackey, 2005) and, even in the early 19 th century, fishing resources were considered inexhaustible (Lackey, 2005). Afterwards, the scarcity of the resources led to their initial management and farming.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The studies about fisheries management have been focused on biological and ecological indicators, paying scarce attention to the social mechanisms and dynamics that are part of the activity (Andrew et al, 2007). These type of studies include works that seek to understand the social conflicts involved in fishing (Dahlet et al, 2021). Some researches focus on the fishermen-wildlife conflict, in which both parties cause and suffer damage (Szteren and Páez, 2002;Tixier et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The relationship between the fishermen and the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in the Mexican central western Pacific: a narrative analysis

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Gerritsen

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Objective: To analyze the relationship between the fishermen of central western Mexico and the river crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus), emphasizing the resulting conflict. Design/Methodology/Approach: The work was carried out with 22 fishermen from the Cuyutlán and Alcuzahue lagoons in Colima, Mexico. Four participative workshops were organized per community, in order to explore the positive and negative aspects of the relationship, the perception and knowledge about the ecosystem functions of the crocodile, and the management practices and actions associated with this relationship, as well as to determine the natural participants and factors that influence the said relationship. The workshops were recorded and the resulting data was subjected to a narrative analysis and a summary. Results: Harmonious relationships are recorded, including the creation of bonds between humans and crocodiles and recognizing the benefits to fishing and the ecosystem function of the crocodile. The conflictive relationships identified were related to fishing, the reduction of fishing resources, and accidents. The strategies used to prevent conflicts are related to the dangerous zones, the behavior of the crocodiles, and the killing of the animals to reduce their presence. Additionally, compensation schemes, a collective management of fishing resources, and the replacement of fishing by the exploitation and capture of the crocodile were taken into consideration. Study Limitations: Besides the fishermen’s, the point of view of other participants should be determined. Conclusions: The relationship between fishermen and crocodiles is both harmonious and conflictive. On the one hand, both receive benefits; on the other hand, fishermen suffer economic, operative, and life style impacts, which create inauspicious scenarios for the conservation of the reptile.

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Section: Strategies To Avoid Conflictmentioning

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The relationship between the fishermen and the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in the Mexican central western Pacific: a narrative analysis

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“…Solving common's problems will require effective coordination, which is influenced by the orientation of the stakeholders toward proximate or distal forces, conflicts, actions, and values (Hicks et al, 2013). Conflict and coordination solutions will require understanding and integrating stakeholders' values, information sources, perceptions of conflicts, and social and governance relationships (Dahlet et al, 2021;McClanahan & Abunge, 2018;Smallhorn-West et al, 2022).…”

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Usage and coordination of governance principles to address proximate and distal drivers of conflicts in fisheries commons

McClanahan

2023

Conservation Biology

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Better understanding of marine resource conflicts and how they are resolved through governance and restrictions should help to restore underperforming fisheries. For example, how and where stakeholders access information about problems, status, and management, should influence their governance approaches and restriction choices. However, problems and solutions have the elements of both local proximate and larger scale distal processes. Solutions, therefore, require accessing, implementing, and coordinating information and actions at multiple scales. Perceptions of fisheries conflicts and their causes were identified by 179 households while 16 management committee key informants were asked about their means of mediation in six diverse Kenyan small‐scale fisheries locations. These sites varied in human development and demographic contexts but had notable similarities that reflected respondent's focus on localized, direct, or proximate fishing conflicts. Top listed problems included limited space, disagreement about gears, poor resource condition, and local inadequate benefits. Top listed sources of information were local household and community sources with considerably less connection to distal problems and solutions. When key informants were presented with generic fisheries problems and choices of common's governance solutions, they selected a limited number of local community focused solutions. For example, informants chose to mediate conflicts between neighbors with community meetings rather than formal national institutions. Therefore, distal solutions were likely to be perceived as ineffectual, possibly due to difficulties with polycentric coordination. However, widespread overfishing arises from overarching distal processes not fully amenable to local solutions. Therefore, a focus on local action is expected to limit the ability to address distal problems. These include conflicting values, demographic changes, supportive governance frameworks, emerging technologies, resolving conflicting local rules, fair between‐group enforcement, temporary shortages of fish, and inter‐community border and rule disputes. We recommend improved coordination and integration of information and institutions to simultaneously address both proximate and distal common's problems.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved

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“…Human activities that threaten the sustainability of fishery resources come from the use of fishing gear that is not environmentally friendly and differences in fishing ground areas that can cause conflict in the community. The type of conflict and conflict resolution strategies influence the sustainability of fishery resources in the future (Askar et al 2021;Dahlet et al 2021;Stacey et al 2021). The gap between the use of fishery resources and sustainability must be regulated in governance in the form of pro-ecological, social and economic development policies for global food security (Fachry et al 2021;Warren et al 2021).…”

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The impact of fishermen’s conflict on the sustainability of crab (Portunus pelagicus) resources in the coastal areas of Maros District, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Abstract. Daris L, Massiseng ANA, Fachry ME, Jaya, Zaenab ST. 2022. The impact of fishermen’s conflict on the sustainability of crab (Portunus pelagicus) resources in the coastal areas of Maros District, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 23: 5278-5289. Using environmentally unfriendly fishing gear causes damage to coral reefs and seagrass, which are the habitat of crabs. The prohibition on using ecologically unfriendly fishing gear, such as mini trawl, in catching crabs and shrimps in the coastal area of ??Maros District, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, has triggered horizontal conflicts between traditional fishermen from 1985 until now. This study aims to identify the types of fishing conflicts and analyze the distribution of conflict areas and the maximum fishing rate that could threaten the sustainability of crab (Portunus pelagicus) resources. This research was conducted from February to July 2022 in the coastal area of ??Maros, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The type of data is primary and secondary data. The data collection methods used in this study were observation, interviews, and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). The analysis data used qualitative by reducing and presenting data obtained from observations, interviews, and PRA, as well as spatial analysis and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to describe the distribution map of fishermen's conflicts. The results showed that the types of conflicts between fishermen using crab resources were agrarian conflicts, technological conflicts, and perception conflicts between fishermen using trammel nets and traps and fishermen using mini trawls. Conflicts between fishermen in resource utilization crabs occur between ??2.71-3.26 km from the coast during dark moons and 2.17-3.26 km during bright moons. Fishing conflicts have an impact on decreasing crab catches from 2015 until 2021, where the fishing effort (trip) has exceeded the sustainable fishing effort (MSY) by 690 trips/year with a total catch of 1232.3 tons/year.

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Fisheries conflicts as drivers of social transformation

Cited by 16 publications

References 83 publications

The relationship between the fishermen and the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in the Mexican central western Pacific: a narrative analysis

The relationship between the fishermen and the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in the Mexican central western Pacific: a narrative analysis

Usage and coordination of governance principles to address proximate and distal drivers of conflicts in fisheries commons

The impact of fishermen’s conflict on the sustainability of crab (Portunus pelagicus) resources in the coastal areas of Maros District, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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