State and Local Resistance to the Expansion of Two Environmentally Harmful Marine Fishing Techniques in Kenya

Local Level Fisheries Management in Diani-Chale, Kenya: Current Status and Future Directions

“…Beach seining uses fine mesh nets and has been associated with damaging bottom habitats, capturing juvenile fish and competing with other traditional gear types (Rubens, 1996;Glaesel, 2000a;McClanahan & Mangi, 2001). Spear guns on the other hand are cheap to construct and have become one of the most widely used gear types (Glaesel, 2000a;King, 2000;Obura et al, 2002).…”

“…The lack of enforcement capacity within the Fisheries Department, however, has limited the effectiveness of these interventions. Although there has been widespread local resistance to beach seining by local fishers using traditional gear types, beach seiners have managed to carry on fishing in some areas and it is claimed that officials have been convinced to ignore their activities (Glaesel, 2000a). Beach seining uses fine mesh nets and has been associated with damaging bottom habitats, capturing juvenile fish and competing with other traditional gear types (Rubens, 1996;Glaesel, 2000a;McClanahan & Mangi, 2001).…”

“…Although there has been widespread local resistance to beach seining by local fishers using traditional gear types, beach seiners have managed to carry on fishing in some areas and it is claimed that officials have been convinced to ignore their activities (Glaesel, 2000a). Beach seining uses fine mesh nets and has been associated with damaging bottom habitats, capturing juvenile fish and competing with other traditional gear types (Rubens, 1996;Glaesel, 2000a;McClanahan & Mangi, 2001). Spear guns on the other hand are cheap to construct and have become one of the most widely used gear types (Glaesel, 2000a;King, 2000;Obura et al, 2002).…”

Cascade effects and sea-urchin overgrazing: An analysis of drivers behind the exploitation of sea urchin predators for management improvement

“…Moreover, increasing migration from rural areas leads to growing coastal populations (Glaesel, 2000;Hinrichsen, 1999) that increase the market for finfish.…”

Welt im Wandel: Armutsbekämpfung durch Umweltpolitik

“…Die gestiegenen Fangmengen und Erlöse für Fischprodukte führen bei fehlender politischer Weitsicht und Regulierung zu Übernutzung der Ressourcen. Wo abnehmende Fischbestände die Existenz armer Fischer bedrohen, werden zunehmend auch schädli-che Fangmethoden eingesetzt (Glaesel, 2000). Auch fehlgeschlagene Entwicklungsinitiativen können Überfischung auslösen und zum Zusammenbruch von Gemeinschaften führen, deren Existenz auf dem Fischhandel gründete (Walker, 2001).…”