Hard choices in fisheries development

Bailey, Conner; Jentoft, Svein

doi:10.1016/0308-597x(90)90055-v

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“…According to authors such as Townsley (1998), Bailey and Jentoft (1990) and Panayotou (1988), fisheries constitute a last resort for rural households when there are few alternative sources of income, or access to other economic activities. As a consequence they are often unlikely to subsist by other activities rather than fishing (Dunn, 1989).…”

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“…Thus, the CARF can be an effective policy to manage the resource in the short run. Nevertheless, the entitlements provided by these agreements should include investments outside of the fishery sector to enhance the set of opportunities in education, sanitation, communication, transportation, and supplementary livelihood activities in order to strengthen the income of small-scale fishermen (Cunningham, 1993;Vedeld et al, 2012); thus, ensuring a form of community development will happen, including a reduction of their vulnerabilities (Bailey and Jentoft, 1990;Béné and Friend, 2009;Kraan, 2009). However, the histogram of distribution of errors shows no large deviation from a normal distribution.…”

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“…Particularly in developing countries, small-scale fisheries are usually located in rural remote areas, with very few alternative employment opportunities (Smith, 1979;Panayotou, 1988). Due to this, fishing could be the only economic activity for providing income and food to local populations (Bailey and Jentoft, 1990). In any case, there is a global consensus, that the status of fish stocks is worsening rather than improving and catch weights are declining despite the increase in total fishing effort (FAO, 2014).…”

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The lack of alternative income sources: The case of ornamental fishing in the Inirida fluvial confluence, Colombian Amazon

Guerrero

Franco-Jaramillo²,

Rosell

2018

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ABSTRACT:In this paper we present a case study of the impoverished ornamental fishing situation in the Inirida Fluvial Confluence (IFC) in Colombia. For this purpose fieldwork was conducted to obtain primary data from fishermen in the zone. The results indicate that effort applied to create different economic activities have no significant impact on the income of fishermen. Community Agreements for Responsible Fishing (CARF) could be an effective policy for management of the resource; nevertheless, their establishment can bring a loss of livelihoods when there are no clear alternative income sources, and may be incompatible with poverty alleviation objectives. Due to this, alternative sources of income should also be promoted in policy-making. KEYWORDS:Inland fisheries, Natural Resource Management, Rural Development.La falta de fuentes de ingresos alternativos: el caso de la pesca ornamental en la Estrella Fluvial de Inírida, Amazonas Colombiano RESUMEN: En este documento se presenta el caso del empobrecimiento de la pesca ornamental en la Estrella Fluvial de Inirida (EFI) en Colombia. Para esto, se realizó un trabajo de campo con el fin de obtener información primaria de los pescadores de la zona. Los resultados indican que el esfuerzo aplicado a diferentes actividades económicas no tiene relación significativa con los ingresos de los pescadores. Los Acuerdos Comunitarios para la Pesca Responsable podrían ser una política efectiva para el manejo del recurso; sin embargo su establecimiento podría ocasionar una pérdida de medios de subsistencia cuando no hay fuentes certeras de ingresos alternativos, lo que puede ser incompatible con la mitigación de la pobreza. Por esto deberían promoverse también las fuentes alternativas de ingresos en la elaboración de política. PALABRAS CLAVE:Pesquerías continentales, manejo de recursos naturales, desarrollo rural.JEL classification/Clasificación JEL: Q22, I25, J15.

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The lack of alternative income sources: The case of ornamental fishing in the Inirida fluvial confluence, Colombian Amazon

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Franco-Jaramillo²,

Rosell

2018

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“…In these contexts, declines in fish access can increase pressure on terrestrial systems, and vice versa. For example, fishery management that ignores the complexity of livelihood strategies can inadvertently exacerbate unsustainable fishing (Bailey and Jentoft, 1990;Allison and Ellis, 2001). Similar effects have occurred with hunting, where bushmeat demand increases when access to fish declines (Brashares et al, 2004).…”

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From Sea to Plate: The Role of Fish in a Sustainable Diet

Seto

Fiorella

2017

Front. Mar. Sci.

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“…Some authors, however, argue that MPAs are not only globally underrepresented (Spalding et al 2008), but also that their effectiveness in achieving conservation objectives is, at best, limited (Kareiva 2006). Particularly, the effectiveness of MPAs is affected by both ecological factors involved in the reserve design, such as size and connectivity (Nyström andFolke 2001, Halpern andWarner 2003), and social factors, such as ignoring the role of local users when designing management strategies (Bailey and Jentoft 1990, McClanahan 1999, Camargo et al 2009). …”

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Estimating the Adaptive Capacity of Local Communities at Marine Protected Areas in Latin America: a Practical Approach

Maldonado¹,

Moreno-Sánchez²

2014

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ABSTRACT. The establishment of marine protected areas (MPA) has become the prevailing management strategy to stop the degradation of coastal and marine ecosystems; however, the effectiveness of MPAs is affected not only by ecological factors but also by social ones. Identifying and understanding socioeconomic conditions and the institutional context of fishing communities is essential to achieve success with MPAs. We propose a practical methodology for estimating the adaptive capacity (AC) of local communities to the establishment of MPAs. Adaptive capacity is defined as the ability of households to anticipate and respond to disturbances, natural or human induced, and to minimize, cope with, and recover from the consequences. We propose an index of adaptive capacity (IAC) of fishing communities that can be estimated at a local scale. This composite index comprises three dimensions, i.e., socioeconomic, social-ecological, and socio-political/institutional, which attempt to capture comprehensively the determinants of AC. Each dimension is constructed from three indicators, whose estimation is based on information collected from a household structured survey for which we suggested specific questions. We proposed the use of a Min function to highlight the weakest dimension of the IAC and guide decision makers with respect to elements that should be addressed to improve AC. A discussion about normalization and aggregation issues is also included.RESUMEN. El establecimiento de áreas marinas protegidas (AMP) ha sido la principal estrategia utilizada para enfrentar la degradación de ecosistemas marinos y costeros. Sin embargo, la efectividad de las AMP depende tanto de factores ecológicos como de factores sociales. Para alcanzar el éxito esperado en el manejo de las AMP se hace esencial identificar y entender las condiciones socioeconómicas y el contexto institucional de las comunidades costeras. En este artículo se propone una metodología práctica para estimar la capacidad adaptativa (CA) de las comunidades locales al establecimiento de AMP. La capacidad adaptativa es definida como la habilidad de los hogares para anticiparse y responder a disturbios, naturales o antrópicos, y enfrentar, minimizar y recuperarse de las consecuencias de dichos disturbios. Se propone un índice de capacidad adaptativa (ICA) de las comunidades costeras de pescadores que pueda ser estimado a nivel local. Este índice compuesto incluye tres dimensiones: socioeconómica, socio-ecológica y sociopolítica / institucional, con las cuales se busca capturar de forma comprehensiva los determinantes de CA. Cada dimensión se construye a partir de tres indicadores, cuya estimación se basa en información obtenida de encuestas estructuradas a hogares (se incluye el conjunto de preguntas sugeridas para su estimación). Para agregar las dimensiones se propone el uso de una función MIN, de forma que el valor agregado del ICA dependa de la dimensión más débil; así se espera que sirva como guía para la formulación de políticas que apunten a resolver los aspectos ...

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Hard choices in fisheries development

Cited by 86 publications

References 17 publications

The lack of alternative income sources: The case of ornamental fishing in the Inirida fluvial confluence, Colombian Amazon

The lack of alternative income sources: The case of ornamental fishing in the Inirida fluvial confluence, Colombian Amazon

From Sea to Plate: The Role of Fish in a Sustainable Diet

Estimating the Adaptive Capacity of Local Communities at Marine Protected Areas in Latin America: a Practical Approach

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