Migrant fishers of Pemba: Drivers, impacts and mediating factors

Wanyonyi, Innocent; Wamukota, Andrew; Tuda, Paul; Mwakha, Victor Alati; Nguti, Lydia Mukii

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2016.06.009

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“…Based on the wealth indicators of a phone, television, and/or radio reported in the 2018 census, the fishers in this study were better off than national averages (Malawi Government, 2019); however, fishing days or migration days were not linked to the highest access to assets or having good water, sanitation, or hygiene at home. In contrast, other studies have found that greater fisher migration has a positive effect on fishers and their communities, including improved access to assets and having a pit latrine (Wanyonyi et al, 2016). McCracken (1987) noted that historically, Lake Malawi fishers, as labor migrants or part-time fishers, transitioned in the 1950s by moving from areas where they lacked access to land to shoreline communities for occupational fishing as a cash crop.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Still our fishers were fishing for at least a portion of each month, indicating a year-round income. Wanyonyi et al (2016) also note that fishers who have enough household wealth to own a mobile phone further allow communication with other fishers on occupational migration and mobile money transfers. Despite the wealth indicators, other studies have shown that the willingness to pay (cash) for a low-cost pit latrine remains low in shoreline communities (Holm et al, 2016).…”

Section: Economicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Globally, fishing carries occupational health hazards, including accidents, injuries, chronic physical problems, lifestyle factors, and exposure to contaminants affecting the people associated with fishing and their communities (Woodhead et al, 2018), but occupational health issues related to basic access to toilets and safe drinking water are not often considered. The existing literature on small-scale fishers' occupational mobility focuses on ocean-based operations (Aburto et al, 2009;Crona & Rosendo, 2011;Binet et al, 2012;Wanyonyi et al, 2016), with limited research on freshwater lakes (Nunan, 2010;Nunan et al, 2012). However, the African Great Lakes are known to have waterborne disease outbreaks, such as the spread of cholera in water stemming from poor access to water, sanitation, and hygiene, in their shoreline fishing communities (Oguttu et al, 2017;Kaponda et al, 2019).…”

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Geographic and occupational mobility of small-scale fishers of Lake Malawi: an exploratory study of water, sanitation, and hygiene access, Malawi

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The livelihood of small-scale fishers on the world's freshwater lakes cuts across the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, which covers water and sanitation, and SDG 8 on economic growth. The aim of this study was to examine the nature and extent of fishers' mobility patterns and access to improved sanitation facilities, safe drinking water, and handwashing practices while at work and home for two fishing camps in Malawi. The study used key informant interviews, questionnaires, water quality testing, and an observational checklist, followed by interviews on fishers' occupational migration. Many fishers (85%; 51/60) live and work in fishing camps with their families. Most fishers only went on day trips, but 8% of their working days were away from the fishing camps. Only eight fishers had safe (0 cfu/100 ml) drinking water at home. Most fishers reported drinking from and going to the toilet in the lake during fishing. Historical trends in cholera cases did not correlate with higher periods of migratory behavior of fishers observed in this study. Improving the livelihoods of small-scale fishers requires attention to their culture, the economics of the industry, and geographic criteria while at work and within fishing communities along the shores of Lake Malawi.

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“…In Kenya, for example, artisanal fishers tend to fish adjacent to their home landing site at inshore shallow reefs and lagoons, fishing for local consumption, and sale (Obura & Wanyonyi, 2001). Even less information is available on migrant fishers, which is a type of artisanal fisher that travels to fish away from their home fishing areas for periods ranging from a few weeks to few months (Wanyonyi, Wamukota, Tuda, Mwakha, & Nguti, 2016). Migrant fishers are flexible in their fishing practices and often operate in remote locations less accessible to fisheries management authorities (Binet, Failler, & Thorpe, 2012;Islam & Herbeck, 2013;Rosendo, Jiddawi, Joubert, Mechisso, & Brown, 2008).…”

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Using participatory methods to assess data poor migrant fisheries in Kenya

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Spatial information is limited for artisanal fisheries management and almost entirely absent for migrant fishers. Here, we addressed this data gap for East African migrant fishers via participatory mapping methods. We worked with 14 migrant fishing vessels operating from four fish landing sites in Kenya. We monitored individual vessels using GPS tracking to produce fishing ground intensity maps. We then generated fishing preference maps via focus group discussions. The fishing intensity maps provided high-resolution spatial information on fishing activities, whereas the fishing preference maps identified preferred fishing grounds. These two techniques generally showed high agreement. By further integrating these two fisher coproduced maps with supplemental vessel logbook data, it is clear that any spatial management measures would most affect migrant fishers using ringnets, hook and line, and cast nets gear. Our successful application of low-technology participatory mapping techniques to provide geospatial fisheries data have broad application to data poor fisheries worldwide.

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“…10% of studies described how both short‐term tactics and long‐term strategies originated in multiple individual and group decision‐making settings across the interfaces between ecosystems and communities (e.g. Wanyonyi et al., 2016).…”

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Fisher behaviour in coastal and marine fisheries

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This research systematically reviews fisher behaviour in coastal and marine fisheries.Fisher behaviour refers to individual and group level action that reflects the psychological processing and social exchange of information in fisheries. Fisher behaviour is poorly conceptualized and explained in fisheries research, and the implications of fisher behaviour for governance outcomes remain uncertain. To address this gap, we present a systematic scoping review of peer-reviewed literature (n = 104 journal articles published from 2012 to 2017). Results highlight a typology of fisher behaviour and reveal insights into behavioural types and their explanations commonly used in conceptual and empirical models. This research reveals three major implications for governance. First, researchers can strengthen recommendations for governance by examining fisher behaviours as multilevel and multiscale phenomena. Second, researchers in governance can improve capacities to anticipate behavioural change with theoretical models that prioritize psychosocial variables, and interdisciplinary empirical research on the extrinsic factors that shape the fishers' psychosocial responses to change in a local context. Third, social and policy sciences research is needed to reveal the governance barriers and opportunities for using new models that incorporate fisher behaviour to develop, implement and evaluate fisheries policies.

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Migrant fishers of Pemba: Drivers, impacts and mediating factors

Cited by 29 publications

References 33 publications

Geographic and occupational mobility of small-scale fishers of Lake Malawi: an exploratory study of water, sanitation, and hygiene access, Malawi

Geographic and occupational mobility of small-scale fishers of Lake Malawi: an exploratory study of water, sanitation, and hygiene access, Malawi

Using participatory methods to assess data poor migrant fisheries in Kenya

Fisher behaviour in coastal and marine fisheries

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