Small-scale Fisheries, Population Dynamics, and Resource Use in Africa: The Case of Moree, Ghana

Marquette, Catherine M.; Koranteng, K.A.; Overå, Ragnhild; Aryeetey, Ernest

doi:10.1639/0044-7447(2002)031[0324:ssfpda]2.0.co;2

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“…The small-scale fishers provide the majority of the national fisheries catch with the marine sub-sector delivering more than 80 percent of the total catch [5]. Fish is usually a cheaper and an appreciated source of protein 10.…”

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Profitability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Elmina, Ghana

Aheto

Asare

Quaynor³

et al. 2012

Sustainability

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Abstract:In order to achieve sustainable fishing livelihoods in coastal communities, data on profitability of small-scale fisheries relative to fish species hauled and gear types used by fishermen is required as part of a broader fisheries management strategy. This study was undertaken with this in mind. Interviews were conducted among 60 fishermen between February and March 2010. Economic assessment of small-scale fishing activities were done using questionnaires based on direct market pricing and contingent valuation methods. The results indicate that highly profitable fish species include Epinephelus aeneus, Sparus caeruleostictus, Dentex angolensis and Lutjanus goreensis valued at

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Profitability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Elmina, Ghana

Aheto

Asare

Quaynor³

et al. 2012

Sustainability

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“…Even though resources decline can certainly be a factor which affects the decision to fish elsewhere or relocate, migration is however, not judged to be necessary for explicit survival, in comparison with floods, hurricanes or war, as mentioned above. Furthermore, former works on environmental degradation suggest that it is rarely the sole factor determining migration among fisherfolk [6,26,27,28].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, many women may migrate alone, or often take their daughters with them, to take up fish-processing activities elsewhere. According to a survey, the most common migration destinations for migrants within Ghana were fishing areas in the western region (61%) [6]. Only one-quarter go to other places in the Central Region and an even smaller proportion go east toward the Greater Accra Region.…”

Section: Case Studies In Ghana and Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Stotz [5] reported that temporary migration to places where fish is available is a prevalent feature of artisanal fisheries worldwide. The migration of fishermen is a process that has been shaped by historical patterns of resource availability, in addition to economic and political factors rather than simply a reaction to recent human population pressure [6].…”

Section: Introduction An Overview Of Key Migration Trends In West Africamentioning

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A Review of Fisheries-Related Human Migration in the Gulf of Guinea

Abobi¹,

Alhassan²

2015

J Coast Zone Manag

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Journal of Coastal Zone Management AbstractMigration of fishers and fish workers is common in Africa. It affects the ways the people use and manage natural resources. This paper examines and reviews fisheries driven human migrations in the Gulf of Guinea and offer insight into the developmental implications underlying the immigrant and emigrants fishing activities. Fisheries driven human migration has deep historical in the Gulf of Guinea. It probably started in the sub-region before 15 th century. With most fisheries being small-scale, they are exploited under some sort of open access regime, sometimes enforced by modern governments, even though traditionally social mechanisms may have existed to restrict such access. It was realized that migration has both positive and negative effects on communities of destinations as well as migrants' home countries. Migrants contribute to the GDP of their destination countries and also support their families back. There have been conflicts as results of migrants fishing and in some cases resulted in political interferences. Migrants have limited privileges in some destinations. Migrants in some cases have no rights to own a land. Drawing on some of the generalities across the twelve countries that make up the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Nigeria are documented and perceived to have had major fisheries-driven human migrations in the sub-region. Traditionally, it is assumed that population is the main driven force behind migration. However, it observed that fisheries-related human migration has other main triggers. Seasonality of fisheries resources due to climate changes and upwelling regimes along the hot spots of Gulf of Guinea coast is possibly the most significant cause of fisherfolks seasonal migration which normally last for a period of 6 months. Socio-economic standings and political stability are major determining factors of long or permanent fisheries-related migration. Long-term migration of fishers spans over years. Fisheries driven migration is male-dominated and it has a clear gender-labour division in the sub-region. The few women who migrate with their husbands are mainly fish processors and fish mongers. The prospects for continued fishers and fish workers migration is high and it anticipated that seasonality of different fisheries regime will dictate the pace tempospatial dynamics of the fisher folks mobility. As there is no clear sign of a halt to fisheries related-human migration in the Gulf of Guinea, the need to raise public awareness and to improve knowledge on the danger of HIV/AIDS on their household and livelihood among fisher folks is also crucial.

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“…However, the social and economic context largely determine whether inmigration and population pressure disrupt the CPR system and thus cause environmental degradation (98-100). Thus, a significant recurring theme in this research is that the social and economic context in which the population is changing as well as when, how, and with whom people interact is more important in determining the impact on the environment than simply demographic change (101,102).…”

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confidence: 99%

Population and the environment

2004

State of World Population

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The interactions between human population dynamics and the environment have often been viewed mechanistically. This review elucidates the complexities and contextual specificities of populationenvironment relationships in a number of domains. It explores the ways in which demographers and other social scientists have sought to understand the relationships among a full range of population dynamics (e.g., population size, growth, density, age and sex composition, migration, urbanization, vital rates) and environmental changes. The chapter briefly reviews a number of the theories for understanding population and the environment and then proceeds to provide a state-of-the-art review of studies that have examined population dynamics and their relationship to five environmental issue areas. The review concludes by relating population-environment research to emerging work on human-environment systems.

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Small-scale Fisheries, Population Dynamics, and Resource Use in Africa: The Case of Moree, Ghana

Cited by 17 publications

References 5 publications

Profitability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Elmina, Ghana

Profitability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Elmina, Ghana

A Review of Fisheries-Related Human Migration in the Gulf of Guinea

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